News briefs

More than 400 teachers and staff at 13 charter schools run by a Chicago nonprofit voted May 1 to accept the Chicago Alliance of Charter School Teachers and Staff, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, as their bargaining agent.

The nation’s estimated $1 trillion in student loan debt disproportionately affects women and minorities, a pair of studies shows.

A new set of science standards for the nation’s schools focuses less on having students memorize facts than on teaching them the process that scientists go through to gain knowledge.

With information and news sources proliferating on social media and the Internet, educators say it is increasingly important to teach students how to separate fact from fiction.

Michelle Rhee's record under scrutiny, new science standards, and other news from around the country.

Teens who are arrested are far more likely to drop out of school and less likely to enroll in college, according to a new study in the journal, Sociology of Education.

The Chicago Public Schools’ announcement of plans to close 54 schools next year has generated protests from parents, teachers, elected officials and community leaders.

Former Atlanta schools chief Beverly Hall — who was once a high-level schools administrator in New York City — and 34 other Atlanta schools employees were indicted by a county grand jury on March 29 in a cheating scandal that allegedly involved dozens of the city’s schools.

Dogged by competition from the ACT, the College Board announced it will redesign its SAT test to more sharply focus on the “core set of knowledge and skills” that high school graduates need in college.