A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how climate science is…
A couple of years ago, I discovered the game of geocaching via the Boy Scouts. It is fun, family-friendly outdoor game, where items (called caches) are hidden and…
Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity, the Associated Press reports.
Years of economic setbacks have taken their toll on the nation's youngest residents, with another 1.6 million children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, according to one study that shows…
What are the keys to success in rolling out a one-to-one computing program in schools? “Before you look for keys, you need to have a car,” tweeted Sam…
McGraw-Hill Education and the Kellogg Institute at the National Center for Developmental Education announced the recipients of the first-ever McGraw-Hill/Kellogg Developmental Educator Scholarships, which are designed to honor…
DYMO/Mimio announced that two K-12 educators in Mississippi and Texas have been awarded the "Bridging the Gap" grant. This grant from interactive teaching technology provider DYMO/Mimio provides the…
Sixteen student teams from 11 states have been named winners in the second round of the fifth annual Lexus Eco Challenge, an educational program and contest that inspires…
The nation's top achievers in Advanced Placement science and mathematics courses were recognized as winners of the 2011 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. The annual awards honor America's…
Knowing that good teaching leads to increased student achievement, the Great Prairie Area Education Agency already had programs in place to mentor new teachers and highlight best teaching…
Materials for teaching and learning exist everywhere online: in YouTube videos, SlideShare presentations, and published articles, for example. MentorMob is a free new platform that helps teachers collect,…
New York City Schools recently agreed to begin using third-party observers, known as independent validators, to monitor teachers who received an ineffective rating under the new evaluation system…
On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under…
First lady Michelle Obama today hailed blues music as "deeply American" and "deeply human" at a workshop for several dozen middle and high school students in the State…
A "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the…