Aris Allen's athletic and academic success boils down to being pushed. His mother, his aunt, his grandmother, his uncle and some circumstances beyond his control have pushed him to become the young man he is today, this year's News-Sentinel PrepSports Boys Athlete of the Year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. : The Council of Chief State School Officers welcomed Susan A. Gendron, commissioner of education for the State of Maine, as CCSSO's board president.

... military; enacting a property tax cap, eliminating the marriage penalty and cutting taxes; toughening the state's education standards; reforming the way teachers are paid; instituting free-market health care reforms that increase accountability and ...

JOHN Chubb's recent op-ed "21st-century School Reform" failed to mention that while city schools have improved overall in standardized test scores, 51 percent of 11th-graders still tested below basic proficiency in math and 41 percent were below in reading .

Because of the high quality of students graduating this year from Livingston County high schools, the Daily Press & Argus will name its largest ever All-County Academic Team this year, with 14 members.

Fireworks will light the skies on the Fourth of July and one of the biggest displays is on the South Carolina coast where tens of thousands are expected at the 13th annual celebration on the USS Yorktown.

The Fayetteville Area visitors bureau and a local volunteer group is teaming up with Hasbro to provide GI Joe action figures to children of fallen soldiers.

Camp Lejeune will celebrate Independence Day with a naturalization ceremony for 25 Marines, sailors and their spouses.

The Army is hosting a free July Fourth celebration at Fort Bragg that includes concerts, carnival rides, food, a parachute demonstration and fireworks.

Last year, 205,145 high school students took the SATs in California. Of that group, only 50 students received a perfect score of 2400, according to the College Board.