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The Seattle School Board that met for the first time Wednesday may not look much different from the previous one, but it's likely to pursue an agenda that could significantly change how the city's schools are run.

West Hartford already has many of the components in place to align the district’s technology goals with the District Development and Performance Plan for Continuous Improvement, however, there are key elements that need to be implemented to fully ready the schools – and the West Hartford community – for 21^st Century learning, according to the "Technology Blueprint" presented Tuesday night to the Board of Education.

A Silicon Valley education start-up is getting a big vote of confidence from two venture capitalists who have veritable PhDs in social networking.

Santee (Calif.) School District will soon offer a new grade level. Board members approved a transitional kindergarten program, which will launch next school year.

In the struggle against widespread obesity that begins in early childhood, new research indicates that schools may be the best place to start a solution.

The school district this week launched a pilot program giving 53 students at Sherwood Middle School new iPad tablets for learning in the classroom and at home.

The Detroit Public Schools performance on a national academic test inched up this year, but the district continues to rank worst among large cities in reading and math, results released Wednesday show.

Over 500 new public charter schools opened their doors in the 2011-12 school year, an estimated increase of 200,000 students.

Large urban school districts have made steady progress on national elementary school math and reading exams over the past nine years but continue to score far below national averages, according to federal data.

A report released Wednesday by the Southern Regional Education Board urges West Virginia and other southern states to make immediate changes to improve student achievement in grades six through eight.