Schools Battle Rising Gas and Food Prices

Paddlings Widespread in South, Study Says

Human Rights Watch calls on schools to abolish paddling.

• Texas Teachers Packing Heat
• 'End-of-Course' Exams Catching On

Defining the Achievement Gap

Recent reports show education reform is not so black and white.

• U.S. to Tackle Inflated Graduation Rates
• Schools Offer Incentives for Good Grades
• The Race Gap in Graduation Rates

America's Best High Schools (Rob Cady / USN&WR)

Best High Schools Spring Update

Alabama gets ranked, while some New York and California schools are shuffled around.

• Updated Schools List
• *New* School Videos
• America's Best High Schools

The Teach For America Experience

This book excerpt follows two recruits through their first year at a rough Los Angeles high school.

• Q&A with Author Donna Foote
• Michael Barone: The TFA Revolution
• Founder Fought to Keep TFA Afloat

T. Willard Fair, chairman of the state Board of Education, presides over the meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in Tallahassee, Fla. The board voted 4 to 3, with Fair casting the final tie-breaking vote, in favor of allowing schools to teach that evolution is a scientific theory. (Phil Coale/AP)

Teaching Evolution in Florida

Decision by education officials is seen as a victory for science.

• Making Sense of the Dover Intelligent Design Trial

Comparing U.S. Students With Those in China and India

Americans watch Grey's Anatomy while their international peers study longer hours.

• U.S. Teens See More Competition in Science and Math
• Are Students Working Too Hard for a High School Diploma?

Kids Use Wi-Fi to Study on Their Commute

An Arkansas school bus with Internet access makes use of students' long rides to class.

• Swapping the Scalpel for Computer Mouse
• How Virtual Penguins are Changing Fifth-Grade Social Dynamics
• PCs Help Kids Pass No Child Left Behind Tests.

Bailey's ES for the Arts and Sciences is at 6111 Knollwood Drive in Falls Church 22041 (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)

Fixing No Child Left Behind

A look at five areas where changing the historic education law could equal significant progress. Plus, thoughts from the Education Secretary.

• Too Few Solutions
• Second Language Students
• Teacher Performance Pay

• Focus on Talented Students
• One Standard Fits All
• Q&A: Margaret Spellings

More on NCLB

• Has Achievement Increased Since the Law Was Enacted?
• Do Your Public Schools Measure Up? Depends Whom You Ask

Taking a New Course in Class

After the Supreme Court struck down policies in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, officials look at using income, not race, as the new path to diversity.

• Court School Ruling Isn't the Last Word

Parents Become Teachers in Urban Schools

In an effort to stem the tide of first-year teachers leaving for the suburbs, one program takes the homegrown approach and transforms parents into local educators.

• Finding a Good Grade School, for a Fee
• The Teach for America Revolution

Nettelhorst Elementary School students eat their lunches March 20, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stopped by the school to visit the new pilot lunch program called, 'Cool Foods,' part of the Healthy Schools Campaign. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Do School Cafeterias Make the Grade?

A survey of some districts finds they don't offer students enough options.

• Risks and Benefits of Warning Kids of Obesity
• What It Takes to Make a Great Public School