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To improve school nutrition, involve teachers and parents
To improve school nutrition and get children to eat healthier, involve parents, teachers and school administrators, new research finds, HealthDay reports. …
Probe finds test cheating at several D.C. schools
Teachers in three District classrooms cheated last year on high-stakes standardized tests, according to the results of an investigation released Friday morning by the Office of the State Superintendent, The…
How LeBron James focused for games: Reading books. Tell the kids.
Miami Heat star LeBron James had a somewhat surprising practice that he used to focus before games, including during the final series in which he led his team to the…
Students too poor for graduation get help from community
Family financial struggles prevent many students from going to school dances and participating in other festivities that accompany the end of eighth grade -- a trend that is illuminated in…
College Board sets up 857 desks on National Mall
While schools across the country are letting out this week, class is in session on the National Mall. That is where the College Board set up 857 student desks in…
Amid massive budget cuts, teachers opt to work for free
A group of teachers at Benefield Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Ga. are offering free reading classes to students this summer, the Huffington Post reports.…
Social media trends should prompt a rethinking of school communications
Websites are slowly taking a backseat to text messaging and micro-blogging tools like Twitter for breaking news, emergency messaging, and sharing other urgent information, writes award-winning eSN columnist Nora Carr—and…
Commencement speaker blasts students
Here’s a new one in the annals of commencement speakers: A teacher at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts gave his address to the Class of 2012 and blasted the students,…
High school salutatorian was banned from returning to U.S. over visa technicality
Elizabeth Olivas, 18, was all set to graduate as salutatorian of her Frankfort, Ind., high school class when she was forced to return to her native Mexico due to a…
Son of mogul receives full ride to UCLA despite dad’s fortune
The debate over America's love-hate relationship with higher education has increased a notch with news that an expensive full-ride scholarship to UCLA has been awarded to a teenager who hardly…