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It's much like a teacher who knows a student can do a better job and asks them to rewrite their essay and hand it in again.

U. finds genetic link to nicotine addiction
The latest and perhaps the most important reason teenagers should steer clear of using tobacco has been discovered by genetic researchers at the University of Utah.

From riding around in a golf cart with Rick Neuheisel to discussing his future with Jim Tressel, sometimes Cottonwood High offensive lineman John Martinez can't believe this is his life

Education officials and lawmakers are turning to the Far East to learn more ways to help students find math interesting and to fully comprehend the concepts

If a person goes to see a movie or play, there is normally a gentle reminder at the start for audience members to turn off their cell phones.

Boot camp therapy companies use deceptive practices in getting parents to enroll troubled teens in programs where they can end up abused and neglected, the Government Accountability Office has found

Some Brigham Young University professors have their eye on Pope Benedict XVI as he plans to address presidents of Catholic colleges and universities today

Many students graduate from college and head back to the classrooms of America in order to make a difference in children's lives, regardless of their major area of study.

The governor should veto a bill requiring outside approval for expensive federal programs and look at exercising line-item veto power over the school's $2.5 billion budget, the State Board of Education voted Friday

Crowding around a table, students fill beakers full of colored vegetable oil, corn syrup and water to see how the different ingredients settle. "Check out the different bubbles in that one," says Spencer Holman, 12, a sixth-grader at Westridge Elementary School

Simmering mistrust between some lawmakers and the State Office of Education — apparently stirred by word that a state education official might run against the House education committee chairman in November — bubbled up Wednesday after a debate over extra pay for math and science teachers

A North Ogden lawmaker says the "C word" — compassion — is a key reason why he's abandoning his plans to bar illegal higher education students from paying the in-state tuition rate.

Adolescents and preteens are swearing more publicly than ever — especially at school, experts say.

Harvard Divinity School has long prided itself on the diversity of its curriculum — it currently features classes in American Buddhism, Jewish Apocalypticism and Classical Sufism — but it took until this semester for the venerable school to offer a course on one of the fastest-growing faiths in the world: Mormonism

Juro fidelidad to the flag? Sandy Elementary leaders thought offering the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish and English would be a great way to celebrate diversity