Chinese teenagers in Shanghai know more about money than American kids. So do teens in Estonia. In fact, in a recent test that measured financial literacy of 15 year olds, U.S. teens ranked in the middle of the pack, alongside…
In the roiling national debate about the best ways to improve public education, one aspect gets scant attention: the relationship between the tax dollars school systems spend and academic results. In a report released Wednesday, the left-leaning Center for American…
Kansas won’t be issuing any report cards this year on how well its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests after cyberattacks and other problems this spring, the state Board of Education decided Tuesday. The board’s decision…
Tucked into the northwestern corner of Memphis, Tenn., past the derelict tractor-parts plant, across the railroad tracks overgrown with thorny bushes, and through an abandoned neighborhood, is Westside Achievement Middle School. The 400-student school and others in the neighborhood known…
This summer, local elementary teachers will have an opportunity to help shape the future of science education across Virginia. Running through July 25, more than two dozen area elementary teachers will gather on the Virginia Tech campus to participate in…
While statewide scores edged up this year on the 2014 Michigan Merit Exam, some of Metro Detroit’s poorest school districts remain mired in failure. At four — Ecorse, Highland Park, River Rouge and Westwood — not one of the students…
Ifthe promise of mobile technology in classrooms has been to equalize opportunities for all students through access to the internet, that potential has yet to be realized. National surveys consistently show that students in low-income schools are getting short-changed when it comes to…
It might not qualify as a schoolyard brawl, but Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traded verbal blows Monday over the Southern Republican's decision to withdraw his state from Common Core. In a drop-in appearance at the…
The hottest topic for education now is STEM - short for science, technology, engineering and math. The reason is because those jobs are projected to more than double in the next decade. Park Hill South High School math teacher Jennifer…
School may be out for kids, but it remained in session Monday for city education officials now in the process of hiring pre-kindergarten teachers. “We want parents to know that we’re going now to make sure that whatever classroom they…
State school Superintendent Mike Flanagan announced Monday he is giving notice to Michigan’s charter school authorizers that he will exercise his “statutory authority” to prevent them from granting new charters if their performance overseeing the schools does not measure up.…
It's a warning echoed in countless teen movies — "If you don't pass this class, you'll go to summer school!" Kids for generations have been threatened with the elusive summer school: fail this test, miss this day and kiss your…
President Barack Obama said American grade-school students too often “are not getting the kind of education they need” and one problem is that poor school districts have the least experienced teachers. “We want to make sure every child has access”…
New York’s teacher tenure laws and protections for incompetent instructors deprive students of a constitutionally guaranteed “sound basic education,” a parents’ group said in a lawsuit that follows a California verdict in a similar case.
First ladies typically avoid getting into public scraps, but Michelle Obama has jumped into perhaps her biggest battle yet. She's fighting a House Republican effort to soften a central part of her prized anti-childhood obesity campaign and says she's ready…
Lillian Tórrez took over as the Taos schools’ superintendent Tuesday (July 1), and she has a fresh take on the district’s recent budget crisis. Former Taos schools’ superintendent Rod Weston announced at a meeting June 24 the state was requiring…
