What's wrong with America's high schools?

(Time.com) -- It's lunchtime at Shelbyville High School, 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana, and more than 100 teenagers are buzzing over trays in the cafeteria.

Company that graded SATs is sued

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) -- A high school senior whose SAT was incorrectly scored low is suing the board that oversees the exam and the testing company that was hired.

Lawmakers try to expel junk food from schools

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trying to shrink the growing waistlines of children, lawmakers want to expel soda, candy bars, chips and other junk food from the nation's schools.

Schools must inform students of NCLB rights

NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's top education official warned Wednesday that states may lose federal money if they fail to inform parents about their children's rights to free tutoring or to transfer out of struggling schools.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Fire drills give way to lockdown exercises

BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota (AP) -- Melissa Galarneault's fourth-grade class at Indian Mounds Elementary had just started a math quiz when the alert came over the loudspeaker: "Attention staff, this is a lockdown."

Design software weakens classic drawing skills

BERKELEY, California (Reuters) -- It's not a pretty picture.

Schools that canceled prom offer compromise

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two Long Island high schools that canceled their senior proms after years of burgeoning excess that included limos and weekend house rentals in the Hamptons announced a cut-rate compromise Tuesday that will involve bus rides and other more modest arrangements.

Professor's overpopulation views stir debate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Talk radio and blogs are taking aim at a University of Texas biology professor because of a published report suggesting he advocates death for most of the human population as a means of saving the Earth.

Study: Autism rise from labeling, not epidemic

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- A rise in autism cases is not evidence of a feared epidemic but reflects that schools are diagnosing autism more frequently, a study said Monday.

Scoring errors heighten anxiety before SAT

NEWTON, Massachhusetts (AP) -- With the big test coming Saturday, the final SAT prep class was part strategy session, part pep rally. Instructor Cary Wagner ran down the checklist of things for students to remember: water, a watch, tissues, a sugary snack.

Schools curb student protests on immigration

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Student demonstrations dwindled Thursday at California schools as authorities began enforcing truancy rules after days of mass walkouts to protest legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants.

Harvard expands financial aid program

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) -- Families earning less than $60,000 can send their children to Harvard University for free, the school announced Thursday.

House approves update of higher education law

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finding the best way to pay for college -- a struggle for many families -- has become a hassle for House lawmakers, too.

This week in the medical journals

Focused on bird flu

This week in the medical journals

Focused on bird flu