With the growing Latino population — and a young one at that — many institutions are thinking about new ways to teach children English while also reinforcing their Spanish native language. One local college pioneering innovative ways to teach bilingual…
Seven HISD teachers and their union are suing the school district to try to end job evaluations tied to students' test scores, arguing the method is arbitrary, unfair and in violation of their due-process rights. The lawsuit, filed in federal court…
Prosecutors say police likely foiled a planned school massacre when they arrested a teenager after he revealed an elaborate plot to kill his family and bomb the junior and senior high school.
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed an income tax cut Thursday for millions of Missouri residents and business owners, warning that the priority measure of the Republican-led Legislature could devastate funding for public schools and services.
While honoring the nation's top teacher, President Obama paid tribute Thursday to all educators. "To all the teachers who are out there, and the millions who are working hard in classrooms all across our nation, we want to thank you as…
Now teachers are opting out of Common Core. Prospect Heights International HS teachers in Brooklyn are refusing to administer an English Language Arts test Thursday because they believe it is useless to their non-native-English-speaking students.
When former National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling showed a video of one of her lessons to a roomful of more than 250 Delaware teachers, she didn't pick one of her best. She picked one that she whiffed.
If you’ve lost Louis C.K. and Chuck Norris, have you lost America? Both the acerbic comedian and the action star-turned-activist have come down hard on the Common Core academic standards, which were once widely hailed as a bipartisan success story but…
Fort Rucker Elementary School challenges students to not only think outside the box, but also to carry what they learn every day into the future. As a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) school, FRES takes pride in charging into conducting…
Responding to a flurry of complaints from parents last year, the Florida House voted Wednesday to simplify the school grading formula. In a separate bill, the lower chamber approved changes to middle-school policies, and voted to strip the words "Common Core"…
Washington state faces a potentially messy and complicated transition back to accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act now that the U.S. Department of Education hasrevoked its waiver from some requirements of the law, widely considered outdated and flawed.
Apparently Code.org's successful "Hour of Code" event in December was just a warm-up act. The Seattle-based nonprofit on Thursday announced the rollout of its computer-science education programs at 30 school districts around the country. Altogether they'll reach more than 2 million…
A crime-fighting math equation, a better kind of air conditioner and potentially life-saving alfalfa plants were among the five winners of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest. Hailing from Florida, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington State, the five teams of middle-school…
Over the past couple months, Wyoming has made national headlines as the first — and to date only — state to “reject” or “block” the Next Generation Science Standards.
A committee of state lawmakers approved changes to two bills that would create Michigan’s first statewide teacher evaluation system, delaying a final vote until next week.
Despite their growing popularity, Utah charter schools get nearly 21 percent fewer state dollars per student than traditional public schools, according to a new report.
