California's public schools are progressing under the state's 2-year-old reform program despite teacher shortages and deteriorating buildings, an independent research group reported Wednesday. The university-based group, Policy Analysis for California Education, said in a preliminary report that more high...

More California high school students are taking tougher courses like math and science, according to a research report. Between 1982–83 and 1984–85, the number of math and science courses and the number of students taking them both increased 20 percent...

High school seniors often want to cruise to the finish line of spring graduation rather than push to the end. Learn what some schools are doing to offer college-level courses, senior research projects, internships, and independent study to keep them...