A quarter of U.S. female adolescents ages 14 to 19 had a sexually transmitted disease in 2003 and 2004, study estimates.

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The more time that English-language learners spend in U.S. schools, the more likely they are to pass the English section of California’s high school exit exam, a report finds.

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Jennifer Steinberger Pease explains why America needs a credentialed urban teacher corps.

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Lawmakers and governors are seeking to expand their authority over K-12 education and, in some cases, reverse policy set in motion by elected or appointed panels.

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Oh, man: the barbecue menu at North One Ten sounds absolutely amazing. I’ve been wanting to check that place out anyhow.
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TAMPA — Deputies are searching for a missing 80-year-old man who is said to suffer from dementia.
Around 5:48 p.m, a neighbor reported Frank Liptock of 10511 Florence Ave. in Thonotosassa, left in his gold Saturn, saying he was going to get gasoline.
But Liptock never returned. He is white, about 5-foot-5, weighing 125 pounds with eyeglasses […]

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