The federal Department of Education wants to intensify its civil rights enforcement efforts in schools around the country, including a deeper look at issues ranging from programs for immigrant students learning English to equal access to college preparatory courses.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has decided to visit a second Montgomery school after a complaint by a veteran black legislator.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—-The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation announced the winners of the 2010 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s TYLENOL® National Child Care Teacher Awards™. Fifty exemplary early care and education teachers and providers from across the country were chosen for their commitment to maintaining high-quality child care practices and dedication to the children they teach.

A new study shows when teaching teenagers about sex education abstinence works better than showing them safe methods of contraception. According the study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 67 percent of the teens who received some form of abstinence-only education delayed having sex for two years, compared with 48 percent of teens who received no sex education …