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President-elect Obama is reported to have picked Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan to serve as his education secretary. Duncan, who has run Chicago schools for seven years, is known for his efforts to reform urban public education. An announcement is expected Tuesday.

With a stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday wiped out most of the higher-education policy initiatives that had been advanced by Senate...

Juan Salgado is one of 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants," who will each receive $625,000 over five years.

45 states and the District of Columbia have signed on to implement new school curriculum and standardized tests. It's called Common Core and it'll replace…

More state control of public schools is on the horizon.

Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide.

The Florida House of Representatives last week wrestled with key education proposals.

President Bush asked Congress to hark back to one of the triumphs of his first term: passage of the No Child Left Behind Law in 2002. He asked Congress to reauthorize the law.

EDITOR'S NOTE: To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Florida Gulf Coast University, WGCU Public Media presents "FGCU: The Beginning." The series…

Sanibel Island’s beaches are among the best places in the world to pick up seashells. They attract both serious and casual collectors. And, for the casual…