The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously late Thursday to reduce punishments and shorten most suspensions by half for students who commit certain offenses, beginning next fall. The comprehensive revision of the school system’s discipline policies will likely lead to…
Pennsylvania legislators approved a 2014-15 budget tonight, and it contains some good news for schools. But Gov. Tom Corbett released a statement shortly after it was passed by the General Assembly saying he won't rush to act.
Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose from among six different laptop computers for their students — a marked contrast to last year's decision to give every pupil an iPad. Contracts that will…
Curtis Garcia faced what seemed an impossible task: Observe all his teachers multiple times, provide them with meaningful instructional feedback, assess their professional practices — and still perform myriad other administrative functions. Garcia, principal of the K-12 school in tiny…
A Grand Rapids-area high school using flying to interest students in science and engineering. An Ann Arbor school with no textbooks and lots of hands-on learning. A high-poverty Detroit school with students dual-enrolled at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
D.C. Chancellor Kaya Henderson has championed lengthening school days as one of her top priorities for improving schools and lifting student achievement, but her effort to expand the number of schools with longer days has been met with stiff resistance…
Rebekah and Kevin Nelams moved to their modest brick home in this suburb of Baton Rouge seven years ago because it has one of the top-performing public school districts in the state. But starting this fall, Ms. Nelams plans to…
Jeremy Myers isn’t inclined to let his son make the jump from elementary to middle school in the St. Paul School District. He’s heard, he said, of district middle school teachers being shoved and cursed at by kids — stories…
Summer has arrived, and statistically, that means low-income youths will begin to fall behind academically. Come September, they’ll be less ready for the school year than their middle- to high-income peers. But this summer, Cradle Beach Camp is taking a…
When fifth-grade teacher Maggie Ellis receives her next paycheck at the end of the month, it will be a bit lighter. That's because she'll be contributing more money to the teacher pension fund, a small part of a sweeping, long-term…
Student teams controlling underwater robots from the United States, Canada and Russia were the winners Saturday in a global competition at the only federal freshwater marine sanctuary in the United States. The high school and university teams were among 60…
The down-to-the-wire battle over the 2014-15 state budget was overshadowed Sunday by a firefight that erupted over funding for the Philadelphia school district. Without enough GOP votes for a pension-overhaul plan, Gov. Corbett and House Republican leaders gave Philadelphia Democrats…
A new study finds traditional math instruction – what many folks call "drill and kill" – is more effective in helping young children struggling in math than group work, peer tutoring or hands-on activities that use manipulations, calculators, movement and…
When Rachel Martinez-Regan graduated from Corvallis High School this month, her diploma had a little something extra - an embossed seal certifying that she is bilingual. She is one of more than a dozen students at the Oregon high school…
It's a startling fact that's gotten a lot of traction lately: Women are few and far between in the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Verizon hopes to change this with their Inspire Her Mind initiative, and they're creating…
Code.org and other groups say students must learn how to create technology along with math and science to prepare for a computer-drive workforce.
