AP - Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools.

AP - The Kansas City school board is facing a stark choice: close nearly half its public schools or face a potential bankruptcy.

AP - Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released.

AP - Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

AP - Texas' state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.