While making college more affordable is a notion nearly everyone supports, consensus is more elusive on how to actually accomplish it.

A girl?s successful lawsuit to have a prayer removed from her high school has roiled the heavily Roman Catholic city of Cranston, where residents are appealing the decision.

An overhaul would tie colleges? eligibility for campus-based aid programs to the institutions? success in improving value and affordability for students.

The incident of the 6-year-old boy suspended from elementary school for a case of ?sexual assault? is not isolated, experts say.

Faced with closure, the estimated $150,000 that the Premont, Tex., school district would spend during the next year on spring and fall sports, including football, could no longer be justified.

Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School?s progress may cost it access to additional assistance.

The Obama administration announced long-awaited changes to government-subsidized school meals, issuing rules that add more fruits and green vegetables and reduce the amount of salt and fat.

President Obama?s call for every state to require students to stay in school until they turn 18 is Washington?s first direct involvement in an issue that many states have found tough to address.

A project tracked the academic performance of more than 21,000 New York City students who applied for ninth grade admission at 105 small high schools, mainly in Brooklyn and in the Bronx, from 2005 to 2008.

Freshmen entering college last fall were less likely to attend their first choice of college, a function of both competition and cost, than at any other time since 1974.

To free scarce capital for classrooms and labs, some universities, including Montclair State in New Jersey, have decided to farm out the construction of residence halls.

Samantha Garvey with her teacher Rebecca Grella. Ms. Garvey, 18, a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, is newly homeless.Samantha Garvey, an 18-year-old senior in Long Island, was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for her work with mussels.

For schools that have trouble finding volunteers willing to visit, newly designed software is allowing tutors to meet with beginning readers online.

The president?s education program leaves a New York school district pondering how band teachers can be statistically evaluated.

After arriving in the United States from Bangladesh, Francis Stephen has chosen school over work, and has great hope that this country will provide the education that had eluded him.

Disagreements between unions and politicians on how best to assess teachers are not as significant as the amount of agreement.

Should a stadium (or court) be at the center of college culture? How football and basketball hijacked the American campus.

The minister for higher education in Britain has announced that the government is "inviting proposals for a new type of university with a focus on science and technology and on postgraduates."

How to subtract 10 years from the age of your brain? Get a college degree.

The Occupy movement took hold at some campuses, and students are still holding their ground. But how strong is their will?

The all-purpose form is getting a digital makeover. For students, that could mean no more cut off wor ...

Ms. Wexler was a former Roman Catholic nun who fought the Vatican?s authority and won, then found herself on the other side of the barricades when she became president of Hunter College in 1970.

The Dutch state secretary for education is considering the possibility of requesting financial reimbursement from Germany for the many German students who study in the Netherlands.

Texas State?s new classification as an emerging research university could bring in more money and help attract faculty and students.

The pencil?s stylish cousin.

With the entire city school system moving to a longer school day next year, parents and community members are questioning how the cash-strapped district plans to pay for the extended time.

Pledges of a Florida A&M marching band club known as the Clones were punched or paddled while they played music during a hazing initiation, according to police records released Friday.

The site said millions of users followed protest suggestions, but others said they did not give Internet regulation much thought.

A group of 13 trustees described the events during the week that led to the firings of Joe Paterno and the university president Graham B. Spanier amid a sexual abuse scandal.

In the long-simmering debate over how to judge the quality of New York State school employees, there is one thing all sides agree on: a system should be in place. The sticking point has been agreeing on how to do it.

Called ?transfronterizos,? these students migrate between two nations every day, straining the resources of public school districts and sparking debate among educators.

In December, Public School 277 in the Bronx was slated for possible closure, but school officials decided to keep it open. Ms. Tyler, the principal, said she knows there is much work ahead.

Through an interschool project, students from different worlds are receiving a lesson that goes beyond the pages of the classic ?Of Mice and Men.?

The governor and the mayor invoked the ideals of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in criticizing the lack of an agreement on a system to rate teachers? performance.

During a week in which the Bloomberg administration has embraced an independent, landmark study that linked its hallmark policy of small schools to increased student success, a group of parents and elected officials took to the steps of City Hall on Friday to denounce the administration?s education agenda, particularly its decisions to close or phase out city schools and its policies to address low college preparedness rates for minority students.

An increase in the number of students who qualify for free tutoring this year has led New York City to narrow its eligibility requirements.

Some 62 low-performing public schools in the city have been designated to be closed or otherwise overhauled. Some will be phased out and gradually replaced by new schools, others will be shut at the end of this school year and reopened with a radical change in its staffing in the fall, and four will be left alone on their current improvement paths. Here is an explanation of which schools are affected, and how.

President Obama seeks to tie a college-administered, federally-financed student aid program to efforts to cut college costs.

College applications to Harvard stabilize after a period of explosive growth.

State appropriations for colleges and students dropped by 7.6 percent, the largest decline in at least 50 years, researchers say.

A survey shows disturbing trends in financial aid and first choice attendance, as well as increasing support for liberal social views and a greater focus on academics.

Proven educational strategies to increase high school completion provide returns to the taxpayer that are two to four times their cost.

In New Hampshire, parents can tailor each child's curriculum to avoid "objectionable" content. Does that turn education into a private right instead of a public good?

The Times?s David Segal responds to reader questions prompted by his series on legal education.

Even one of the nation?s most prestigious universities won?t stand up to the N.C.A.A. when it comes to idiotic policies.

Better teachers lead to better test scores and better lives. But with only a few years' data, can districts tell which teachers are good?

Teachers across subjects and levels talk about what they do to make the civil rights era meaningful to their students.

Can you fill in the blanks in these 31 summaries of famous historical events that took place in the month of January?

Student Opinion | Do you think that students across the country should be required to attend school until they turn 18?

6 Q's About the News | A ballot proposal legalizing possession of marijuana and comparing it to alcohol is likely to appear on the Colorado ballot in November.