Eight percent of the nation's local Head Start agencies must compete with each other to obtain federal funding because they do not meet federal quality standards, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) announced this week.

Heading into its second full year, the National Association for Pupil Transportation recently recognized the 16th recipient of its Special Needs Transportation Training Endorsement.

The state of Florida released findings today that less than half of the states allow school districts to charge parents fees for their children to ride the bus despite mounting education cuts nationwide.

Representatives of the U.S. biodiesel industry last week urged Congress at a Senate hearing to pass a seamless extension of the biodiesel tax incentive, scheduled to expire on Dec. 31.

Washoe County (Nev.) School District was recently named the 2012 recipient of the Leadership Through Communication Award for enhancing the school-to-parent communication within the school system.