Florida State University recently announced several new initiatives that will help the university in its efforts to become the most veteran-friendly public university in the nation.

The Department of Defense said it will launch fresh investigations into abuses of power by fired schools director Shirley Miles, including federal audit findings that she inappropriately hired the current Japan district superintendent.

The director of the Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific announced this week she is stepping down to take a job elsewhere in the federal government.

Jerry Hood, a fifth and sixth grade teacher at Smith Elementary School in Baumholder, Germany, died unexpectedly on Sunday, according to DODDS-Europe.

Children and relatives of servicemembers can get free SAT and ACT preparation kits again this year, compliments of several professional athletes and the testing company eKnowledge.

Schweinfurt High School is scheduled to open its doors on Aug. 29. There’s just one problem – the new school needs a mascot and school colors.

Department of Defense Education Activities Pacific named four educators at its “Teachers of the Year” last week as the 2010-11 school year came to a close.

The Defense Department school system in Europe is taking measures to ensure transcripts for upper school students across the system are handled consistently, after an investigation revealed irregularities at the Ansbach Middle/High School that required some students to complete additional course work to meet graduation requirements.

Parents and teachers sat silently in chairs set up against the walls of the New Sanno ballroom Wednesday. Their demeanor said they were taking the proceedings seriously, even as many of them couldn’t tell you exactly how a soroban works.

The Department of Defense Education Activity is looking for ideas on ways to improve school designs as they begin a five-year construction initiative to build or do major renovations at 100 schools worldwide, the agency announced Friday.