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Volunteers go door-to-door to get dropouts back in school
A group of 40 volunteers led by Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 Superintendent Cynthia Wilson went door-to-door throughout the South Carolina district Saturday in search of high school students who…
These kids have high rates of homelessness, poverty, pregnancy- but almost all go to college
Kalamazoo, Mich., is home to two area high schools―Central High and Loy Norrix, TakePart reports.…
Immigrant requests strain consulates, schools
Schools in Yakima, Wash., are taking nearly a month to deliver transcripts to former students, the Associated Press reports. …
Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years
Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago's first schools strike in 25 years, after union leaders announced that months-long negotiations had failed to resolve a contract dispute…
Chicago teachers vote to strike on September 10 if no deal
The Chicago Teachers Union voted on Thursday to allow its first strike in 25 years starting on September 10 in the nation's third-largest school district if negotiators cannot reach a…
Will.i.am to debut new song on Mars, promote science education
From the files of what will they think of next, singer-songwriter-producer will.i.am will debut his next song on Mars. NASA announced the news itself via press release on Friday, the…
Raising the Ritalin generation
I remember the moment my son’s teacher told us, “Just a little medication could really turn things around for Will.” We stared at her as if she were speaking Greek,…
Op-Ed: For homeless kids, caring teachers offer hope
The truth was revealed when Donald's teacher, Samuel Klein, decided to follow him. Klein was one of the very best teachers at Frederick Douglas High School, a challenged school in…