South Carolina teachers who have sex with students 16 and older could be sent to prison for up to five years under a bill that won initial approval from state lawmakers.

A North Carolina university plans programs this fall to teach students how to start the small businesses. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro program is aimed at small business because professors think those will create more jobs over the next 30 years.

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint accuses Democrats of discriminating against students of faith, after his amendment fails to lift a ban on colleges and universities from using funds on buildings where religious activities take place.

A new study shows the worsening economy will make it harder for college students to repay their loans.  The Project on Student Debt reports that salaries students earn at graduation are not keeping pace with the increases in what they owe for their education.

Now that the country is in a recession, some families barely are hanging on to their middle-class lives. Others have lost their grip. Parents say they worry most about the negative effects on their children.

Driven by state budget woes, one California high school teacher found a provocative way to pay for classroom supplies: ads on test papers.

This week, students at Moultrie Middle School are learning about the democratic process first-hand by participating in the National Student and Parent Mock Election.

Thousands of University of Florida students showed up for a giant water balloon fight organized to raise funds for cancer research on monday.