Schools in rich neighborhoods provide higher quality education than those in poor neighborhoods, according to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Education.

Teachers and students are coming together across the nation to protest budget cuts to public education.

About 100,000 people, including many students and teachers, protested at the state capitol in February. They are angry about a bill proposed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to cut the pay and benefits of workers including teachers, bus driver, garbage collectors and other people who work for towns, cities and the state.

Learn about what it’s like to be a cleaner at an elementary school and a teacher, and why these two workers think their union is important.

In the spring of 2009, many Los Angeles teachers refused to submit the results of students’ standardized tests to the school district.

Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking steroids, or illegal drugs that make you stronger, from 2001 to 2003.