One of the most common issues among seniors is bad hearing. This is caused by many different reasons, but regardless of the cause, bad hearing can interfere with their everyday life. To prevent this f...

There is no question that the slogan "No Child Left Behind" resonates with every person who cares a whit about others. Unfortunately, the sole focus of the No Child Left Behind Act is academic and its...

Dear Extra Credit: Because you asked, I think I can give you a fairly clear example of how the emphasis on testing is taking over instructional methods.

Charles County officials announced this week that they have eliminated the county's media relations department in an effort to bridge a looming $2.3 million budget gap.

Irene Williams came out guns blazing. In a series of posts last month to the Internet list of the influential Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, she portrayed the group's leaders as "purveyors of evil," "cowardly bullies" and "inebriated beavers."

Twenty years ago, a young boy from Cambodia found his way into Debbie Birgfeld's English for Speakers of Other Languages classroom at Bethesda Elementary School.

S ugar Ray Leonard is smaller and slighter than one might expect of one of the world's boxing greats. But at 53, the former welterweight champ looked like a picture of success, sharp in a dark tailored suit and a floral-print tie as he stepped out of a Lexus at Charles Carroll Middle School in New...

Empty desks line the dimly lit elementary classroom. A map of the United States hangs on the wall. As quiet music plays, the camera pulls back and prison bars close over the sobering scene.

John J. Paulson commanded the submarine USS Philadelphia as it glided through the Atlantic Ocean at the height of the Cold War. He has been shot at by pirates. And he was part of a military team that in the 1990s forecast the devastation a nuclear bomb would cause in various scenarios.

Despite a drop in metropolitan Washington's jobless rate, regional economists told business leaders yesterday that they expect unemployment to worsen next year before subsiding in 2011 with the creation of tens of thousands of new jobs.

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The former protester flew to the Chinese territory of Macao after two decades in exile, saying he hoped his action would renew dialogue with Chinese authorities.

There are many questions that both students and adult learners have before pursuing a GED program. Some of the most common questions asked are: “What is to be expected on the GED test?” “Is the test h...

Becoming a published author has always been difficult. Many struggling authors have battled with frustration for years to get their book published before giving up, their dreams unfulfilled. The tradi...

The directors’ statement will cheer open-access advocates, but their presses, all of them small to medium-size, are but a small fraction of scholarly publishers.

In a speech at Cairo University, he also described plans to support science and technology development in Muslim-majority countries.

The college said applicants can now submit scores from SAT subject tests and/or Advanced Placement exams rather than from the ACT or SAT .

The new program will help community colleges retrain laid-off autoworkers and other unemployed people.

Hundreds of thousands of students fewer are sitting for the test this year than last, probably because of bleak job prospects for university graduates.

The new office will help ensure quality at the growing number of programs it accredits in Asia, AACSB International officials say.