Med school anatomy students form an unusual bond: Getting to know family of a cadaver donor

Students form bond with family of a cadaver donor

Back to basics _ or cram school? To reverse sliding rank, Japan adds 1,200 pages to textbooks

Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank

ACT scores dip slightly as record numbers take test, but more students college-ready

ACT scores dip, but more students college-ready

Atlanta schools latest in string of test cheating scandals across nation

Atlanta latest in string of cheating scandals

At likely 1832 mass grave in Pa., unearthed bones show murder of Irish immigrant rail workers

Old Irish bones may yield murderous secrets in Pa.

‘Starting to live’: Victims of female circumcision seek out Colo. doctor for healing surgery

Female circumcision victims seek out Colo. doctor

For cash-strapped college students, hope for curtailing rising textbook costs

More choices alter college textbook landscape

The ‘yo-yo’ effect: Teachers in limbo hope $26M jobs bill keeps them out of unemployment line

Teachers hope $26M jobs bill keeps them employed

For teachers, jobs bill brings some hope after summer of frustration

Jobs bill brings some hope to teachers

ATLANTA — Dave Ebersbach lost his job as a math teacher this summer, and he spends each day hoping that his poverty-stricken school in Ohio will call up and offer him his position back.

For teachers, jobs bill brings some relief after summer of frustration

Jobs bill brings relief to teachers

ATLANTA — Dave Ebersbach lost his job as a math teacher this summer, and he spends each day hoping that his poverty-stricken school in Ohio will call up and offer him his position back.

NBC wants to put focus on education by hosting September summit

NBC hosting education summit in September

NEW YORK — NBC News is convening its own summit with education and political leaders in September to talk about ways to improve schools in light of statistics showing the U.S. lagging in student achievement.