States Test No Child Left Behind

Teacher Swap Quashed in New Jersey

When Newark's public school system accepted $5 million from the federal government last year to turn around the poorly performing Malcolm X. Shabazz High School, it agreed to replace at least half of the school's teachers. Instead, Shabazz swapped teachers with two other failing schools.

The Corner Office Eludes Many Asians

Despite an outsized share of Ivy League degrees, Asian-Americans are under-represented in executive suites, according to a new study.

Nonprofit Nurtures Students as Writers

The executive director of San Francisco writing-skills nonprofit 826 Valencia, co-founded by writer Dave Eggers, says the need for the program has become more acute as education budgets are cut.

Don't Know Much About Geography: Test Results Out

Only a third of American fourth-graders could determine distance on a map, and less than half of eighth-graders knew that Islam originated in what is now Saudi Arabia, according to national geography-test scores.

Business Graduates Covet Tech Jobs

M.B.A. students from top-ranked schools are increasingly naming technology firms as their most-desired employers, according to a new survey.

D.C. Schools Fire Hundreds of Teachers

Washington, D.C., school officials fired 206 teachers for poor performance and put an additional 528 on notice that if they don't improve, they will be gone next year.

The Do-Good Zeal of College Applicants

Caitlin Flanagan on the latest fashion for college applicants: combining international travel with community-service experiences in poor countries.

Charter School Seeks to Expand

Rocketship Education wants to significantly expand in California's Santa Clara County, but the charter school operator is meeting resistance from teachers' unions and district officials.

Atlanta School Scandal Sparks Reforms

Fallout from the Atlanta schools-cheating scandal spread as four area superintendents were replaced and a Texas district put its new superintendent on paid leave.

• Pennsylvania Probes School Cheating

The Handwriting Is on the Wall

Grooming Young Talent for Leadership

Columbia Dean Pushes Broader Business Focus

Paterson's Teachable Moment

Alumni Ties Get Healthier

Enriching Music Education

Teachers Could Defer Obama Support

Court Tosses Affirmative-Action Ban

Union Sues State to Stop Teacher Evaluations