Teen’s social media use inspires others
Too often, we hear stories about students using online anonymity to bully their peers. But one Illinois high school student is using social media to improve campus morale.
Month: July 2011
Bill Gates: Poverty not excuse for no education
Microsoft founder Bill Gates told the National Urban League on July 28 that a child's success should not depend on the race or income of parents and that…
Texas approves all-digital science program for statewide use
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make McGraw-Hill Education's CINCH Science program available statewide for use in grades 5-12, reports the Bradenton Herald.
Twitter to add parental controls to tweet links
Twitter has added a way to flag links within tweets as "possibly sensitive," Mashable reports.
Fees for students redefine ‘free’ public school
As cash-strapped public schools attempt to squeeze every possible dollar out of their budgets, an unpleasant reality awaits parents: They will most likely have to pay for programs…
Five things students say they want from education
With so many education stakeholders debating the needs of today's schools, student voices aren’t always heard when it comes to what they want from their education.
Principal: Why I’m marching to ‘save our schools’
We are awash in market-based school reform, says Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School, NY, and the School Administrators Association of New York State’s 2010…
This is your brain on summer
The American ideal of lazy summers filled with fun has an unintended consequence: If students are not engaged in learning over the summer, they lose skills in math…
High school students get learning experience on college campus
There’s a new experiment to get Prince George’s County high school students ready for higher education: sending them straight to college, the Washington Post reports.