Experts identified Chula Vista Elementary, San Diego Unified and six other San Diego County school districts as positive outliers when it comes to combating the racial achievement gap. A study of California school districts released Wednesday night by the Learning…
Five-year-old Hansika Hamre beamed Wednesday as a group of Lakota East High School students presented her with a gift that could change her life forever: A prototype prosthetic hand made specifically for her. "If you don't like it, you can…
Last week I wrote about what Jim and I had seen on another visit to the (exceptional) Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS), a public, residential two-year school for juniors and seniors. We’ve been reporting on the school over…
To help prepare children for the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs of the future, “we’re teaching them about design thinking, pattern recognition, problem solving, and innovation,” says Art in Action executive director Mizgon Darby. “We’re teaching them through…
The Democratic lawmaker and chief sponsor of a bill that would have mandated recess in Georgia elementary schools says he was caught off guard by Gov. Brian Kemp's veto of the measure late last week, but that the legislative fight…
The College Board has been testing a tool that could give the millions of students who take the SATs every year a score measuring their economic hardships and other disadvantages, the nonprofit said Thursday. The Environmental Context Dashboard includes information…
The teachers union at Sacramento City Unified School District on Thursday night said it will delay its second one-day strike, which had been planned for May 22. No new strike date was announced, and Sacramento City Teachers Association President David…
Schools trying to protect kids from mass shootings are turning to gunshot detection systems, cellphone apps and artificial intelligence — a high-tech approach designed to reduce the number of victims. Technology that speeds up law enforcement's response and quickly alerts…
Three weeks after teacher Rocco Carsia’s sudden resignation from Tapestry Public Charter School in August 2018, the school’s governing board received a letter from the state stating he was under investigation for inappropriate conduct with students. In February, a popular…
The use of the Internet of Things has the ability dramatically shift the way that schools deal with crisis situations and building management. In Houston, Aldine Independent School District is taking the first steps to pilot the use of IoT…
A new law will automatically enroll students who meet or exceed state standards in the classes. Advocates say it doesn’t go far enough.
Students at an all-female STEM school in Atlanta received a huge surprise and a "Wakanda Forever" salute from Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o Thursday after being awarded with the "Most Likely to Succeed" superlative from our first-ever "GMA" Yearbook. Nyong'o gave…
“I don’t think twice about spending the money on those kids, other than it’s unfortunate that I have to do it," one teacher said.
A $1.45 million grant will play a key role in helping University of the Pacific recruit and prepare aspiring teachers majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to address the shortage of STEM teachers in San Joaquin County. The Robert…
Presidential candidate and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., defended two key planks of her economic platform in a PBS NewsHour interview Thursday, arguing that her campaign proposals on student debt relief and taxes would reduce inequality while addressing wealth disparities between…
