Each president and first lady sets a new tone for the White House, partly based on personal beliefs and private quirks, but few have so transformed the culture inside the building the way the Obamas have regarding nutrition and fitness.
In a classroom across from the coal mine exhibit at the Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, students are huddled around tables, studying petri dishes of bacteria. But these aren't school-age kids — these students are all teachers, responsible for imparting…
Is it a back-door attempt to funnel money to religious schools at the expense of taxpayers and public schools? Or is it a helping hand for the state’s neediest students to get out of low-performing schools? A new plan offers up to…
Missouri lawmakers are moving to put more of the state’s money where their mouths are in supporting preschool and early childhood programs.
Utah students are getting their first taste of a new year-end testing system that swaps paper for computer screens and adapts to the skill level of an individual child.
Georgia’s latest grades for its schools and school districts come out Monday, but using them to gauge progress made in your child’s classroom may not be clear-cut.
When we graduated from high school, nobody seemed to be worrying about China, Brazil or India competing with our economy or in education. We took for granted that we were the best in the world, and had no reason to…
Blended learning combines the best of online learning with traditional teaching. The educational trend is showing results – higher test scores, happier teachers and students – as more schools adopt and adapt it.
D.C. parents and education activists on Thursday praised Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s proposal to invest tens of millions of extra dollars to help at-risk students in the city’s traditional schools next year, but they criticized Gray’s administration for failing to explain how…
The California Science Teachers Association and the nonprofit education research and development agency WestEd are seeking a half-dozen school districts to take the lead in implementing the Next Generation Science Standards.
Colorado billionaire John Malone on Thursday announced plans to donate $7 million to the Denver School of Science and Technology, doubling his initial investment in the charter school system.
Many of the teenagers who enter the juvenile-justice system with anger problems, learning disabilities, and academic challenges receive little or no special help for those issues, and consequently fall further behind in school, a report released Thursday concludes.
•Today’s word of the day is “puddle” — the molten portion of the metal being welded. This Twin Falls High School building is separate from the academic classrooms. Here, TIG and arc welding tools replace books. Backpacks filled with paperwork disappear as…
Years after the psychological sting of frequent bullying, researchers say the effects can extend to lower levels of education, physical and cognitive health problems, and poor social functioning.
Experts and officials are giving mixed reviews to proposed education standards that could replace the rejected national Common Core guidelines in Indiana classrooms, just days before a panel of education leaders is set to vote on them.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman says he’s disappointed and concerned by the state’s one-year delay of testing aligned with Common Core.
