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In America, traditional schooling has frequently drawn inspiration from the trusty “three Rs”: writing, reading and arithmetic. But as the technology sector continues to boom, educators have realized that this…
Every day in Birmingham, Alabama, students run the risk of being sprayed with a dangerous chemical weapon just by attending school, according to attorneys in a federal trial that began…
PARIS — Officials in France announced new measures on Thursday aimed at reinforcing secular values at French schools, after the terrorist attacks in Paris exposed serious cultural rifts with children…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday endorsed continuing the federally required annual testing of students under the No Child Left Behind…
These public high school students are not yet old enough to vote, but they had a lot to say about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Students at…
In the same week that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its first hearing on the issue of rewriting No Child Left Behind, two separate…
During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama proposed a plan to offer two years of free community college to U.S. students. – H/T The Raw Story
In 2006, the students at Monroe High School in Michigan experienced something they’ll never forget. Monroe was a place where both students and teachers said racial tensions ran high, in…
Although this girl was going through challenges of her own, she was dedicated to helping others through theirs. Cassidy Huff of Burien, Washington, was born with a rare dwarfism syndrome,…
Unfortunately, his plan doesn’t make the grade. The proposal would not only pile up more debt by further subsidizing runaway college costs, it would also perilously undercut the emergence of…
This article comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report, where it was originally published. President Barack Obama’s proposal for free community college tuition is either a game…
Mexican prosecutors said Tuesday that an Austrian forensics lab has been unable to find any more DNA that could be used by conventional means to identify charred remains that might…
Arizona approved new legislation on Thursday requiring high school students to pass the civics portion of the U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate. During a naturalization interview, people seeking…
Brown University officials on Monday announced that two fraternities on the Ivy League campus have been sanctioned for hosting unregistered parties last fall, including one where two students reported drinking…
By showing students as young as six how robots can solve real-world problems, Fundi Bots founder Solomon King Benge wants young people to develop a creative skill set they can…
The policy calls for fraternities to have security at doors, guard their stairs, have keys to each room, sober brothers at parties and to eliminate pre-mixed drinks. In November, the…
When it’s a weapon of self-defense for students to throw at an armed intruder who has just entered their school. That’s one scenario Valley, Alabama, officials are considering as part…
This, their teachers said, is the kind of learning that happens only when schools cut out the classroom and take learning on the road. In late February, students from the…
The upside of selfies: Social media not all bad for kids Olivia, 12, said she sometimes feels that way, too. “If there’s an event that maybe I’m not at or…