Opinion: Are students hurt by low-paid teachers?
Teacher salaries have recently been a major source of contention for both public employees and the public at large. Though not a groundbreaking revelation, the New York Times…
Year: 2011
NYC ban on after-school worship services stands
The Supreme Court rejected on Monday a plea from a tiny evangelical church in the Bronx to overturn New York City's ban on religious worship services at public…
How the food industry controls student meals
An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students—a captive market—fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of…
Teen ‘sexting’: Less common than parents, educators might fear
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Mom says her film is sparking education reform nationwide
With her groundbreaking documentary "Race to Nowhere," Vicki Abeles has become the catalyst for a reform movement focused on reducing stress in students' lives and making education meaningful,…
Opinion: AP classes: Absolutely preposterous weapons of mass instruction
Weapons of Mass Instruction have been discovered in schools nationwide. Standardization of education is a plague that comes in many forms but none as detrimental as the AP…
Students win $100,000 scholarships by tossing footballs
There are a lot of college scholarships available that can be classified as unusual, even eccentric, says Valerie Strauss, columnist for the Washington Post.
College admissions strategy for some seniors: Don’t identify as Asian
"I didn't want to put `Asian' down," Olmstead says, "because my mom told me there's discrimination against Asians in the application process," the Associated Press reports.
Student graduation threatened in school course credit scandal
A Bronx school in New York is under investigation for allegations of credit irregularities that could threaten some students' abilities to graduate this year, the Huffington Post reports.
Initiative aims for 100,000 new STEM teachers
A new national movement aims to increase the supply of math and science teachers and retain excellent teachers currently in U.S. classrooms by preparing 100,000 new math and…
An appliance approach to data backup
What are we hearing in the educational arena regarding IT today? Use resources as efficiently as possible. Get more out of what we have. Leverage a well-working IT…
eSchool News 2011 Year in Review
•;How “Bring Your Own Device” spells salvation to budget-punished schools •Why new web-search formulas could have a profound effect on students and society •How teachers are turning learning…
In heart of Silicon Valley, school succeeds with no-tech education
The Waldorf School of the Peninsula sits in the midst of Silicon Valley, home to the nation's leading tech companies and startups. It educates the children of tech…
HIV positive boy denied admission sues Hershey school
The family of an HIV-positive boy sued a boarding school in Hershey, Pennsylvania after it denied admission to the 13-year-old citing safety concerns, a school official said on…
Should schools alone be held accountable for student achievement?
What if schools didn't have to work alone to improve student achievement? That was the question we asked in a recent article about the miserable state of public…
Opinion: Why gifted students can be so challenging
What do Woody Allen and Steve Jobs have in common? Among other things (including brilliant, creative minds), they both hated school and were discipline problems, says Mark Phillips,…
Student brutally beaten in school bathroom in ’30 seconds’ game
The family of a Detroit 8th-grader who was filmed being brutally beaten in a school bathroom says they are outraged by the way the school handled the situation,…
Are the SAT and ACT overrated?
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States make strides in collecting education data
Although states have made strong progress increasing their capacity to build and use longitudinal data systems, they aren’t yet helping educators, parents, and other stakeholders use the data…
Poor schools don’t get “fair share”: Education Department
Many poor public schools do not pay teachers and educators as much as wealthier schools just a few miles away, according to a survey of 13,000 school districts…
Diocese letter pushed principals to promote vouchers
Just how involved did the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh get in the effort to promote vouchers? Very, the Washington Post reports.
Google exec: Online piracy bills in Congress wrong
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that it would be a mistake for Congress to approve Hollywood-backed legislation meant to combat online piracy because it would be…
When computers become classrooms
As school districts nationwide cut back on essentials, three quarters of them plan to expand their digital offerings over the next three years, according to a new survey…
Watch: Scientists optimize 3D printer to create new bones
We won't be surprised if the time comes when we can print just about anything, says Yahoo! News.
Georgia’s largest district launches all-digital learning platform
Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools has taken a huge step forward in its move to an all-digital education for its students: The district has partnered with Houghton Mifflin…
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Installs Dorm Wireless in a Snap
See how they completed a fast-track installation of a low-cost wireless network that provides reliable connections for students with smartphones, laptops, tablets and other mobile devices- while leveraging…
Laptops, software, and cash for video game design
The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge features the following categories for individuals and teams: Middle School Category - open to students from any U.S. school in grades…
Up to $900K for agri-science education
The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education…
$7.5M, multi-year literacy effort
The United States Agency for International Development, the Australian Agency for International Development, and World Vision are seeking game-changing innovations with the potential to dramatically improve reading skills…
$500K awards for healthy childhood habits
This program encourages projects that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive…
Awards to help volunteering efforts
The purpose of CNCS is to maximize the power of service and volunteering to improve lives in communities across the country.
$300,000 awards for higher ed researchers
This grant program aims to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the nation's research scientists, but that have…
Up to $425K to help migrant students attend college
This award aims to provide academic and financial support to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children complete their first year of college and continue in postsecondary…
More than $400K to help migrant students complete high school
This program helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers and members of their immediate families obtain a General Education Diploma (GED).
Awards of up to $1.5M for U.S.-Indonesia partnerships
The purpose of this APS is to support partnership between institutions of higher education in Indonesia and the United States.
Free resources from the U.S. Geological Survey could aid in various subject areas
Free resources from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) help teachers and students explore different lessons and topics. Students can watch videos and animations, access online lectures, find maps…
Census: Poverty dominates many school districts
Nearly half of all children in America live in school districts with high levels of poverty, according to U.S. Census data released on Tuesday that pointed to financial…
How kids in developing countries dream big compared to students in the U.S.
To find out what kids around the world dream of when it comes to pursuing the best life they can imagine, the ChildFund Alliance surveyed 5,100 children throughout…
Scholarship promises college tuition aid to high schoolers, years before they go
Last week, first-time ninth graders in 18 MPS schools gathered in assemblies to learn that they were eligible for a $12,000 college scholarship as part of a new…
Schools say ‘no way’ to Congress OK for pizza as vegetable
A week after Congress backtracked on some key components of landmark school nutrition legislation, nutrition advocates are saying that the battle for healthy school food needs to be…