Since the dawn of the space age, humanity has sent 16 robotic emissaries to fly by some of the solar system's most intriguing and nomadic occupants -- comets and asteroids.

US commercial television broadcasters are doing a poor job of providing quality children's educational programming, the advocacy group Children's Now says.

By Sharon NoguchiSTAFF With student achievement among the lowest in the nation, California must overhaul public education and infuse billions of dollars more every year into schools, according to the first half of a much-anticipated, comprehensive study unveiled Wednesday.

By T.S. Mills-Faraudo DALY CITY -- The Jefferson School District will likely rent out a portion of one of its closed campuses to a school for autistic and emotionally disturbed students.

By Ronnie Moore, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Aug. 5--RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Major increases in taxes and budgets in some Northwest Georgia counties in recent years is a worrisome trend, some residents said.