Apple recently made a splash when it unveiled its iBookstore, featuring digital textbooks for high school math and science education from McGraw-Hill and others. Now, Discovery Education has…
Software designed for touch-screen tablets, and new programs for teaching reading and math, were among the many products unveiled at recent ed-tech conferences. Some providers of curriculum software…
At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin, California Watch reports.
In the vast realm of dogs hugging baby deer and toddlers laughing hysterically, it’s not always easy finding online videos that have a deeply profound impact--that is, until…
The Tennessee state Senate passed a bill Monday that protects teachers who allow student to question and criticize "controversial" scientific theories like evolution, the Huffington Post reports.
Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her…
They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less…
In the March 2012 edition of eSchool News, Grants and Funding columnist Deborah Ward shares eight ideas for creating a successful budget for a grant proposal. Plus, we…
On the lesson plan for one Indiana school's students: historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction and ... standardized testing, the Huffington Post reports.
Encyclopaedia Britannica will stop publishing print editions and go digital-only -- a huge step for the encyclopedia which has been in print since 1768, Mashable reports.
Imagine you’re a high school biology teacher searching for the most vivid way to explain electrical activity in the brain. How about inserting metal wires into a cockroach’s…
Teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, but parent engagement with their schools has increased, according to the MetLife Survey of the…
A math assignment that required students to figure out how many Africans, Americans, and Indians to bake in ovens for Thanksgiving was a recipe for termination for a…
Utah would become the first state to ban public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases under a bill given final…
What would a high school classroom look like if the students were all like kindergartners, eagerly learning everything they could about the world? What makes this idea seem…
As educators push for more and better access to open educational resources (OER), or content that is available free of charge online, new efforts are helping classroom teachers…
A leading publisher of children's books is taking a big step into the electronic market: Scholastic Inc. is developing an app called Storia, which includes around 1,300 eBooks…
Even as policymakers struggle to reform remedial-education requirements blamed for derailing the aspirations of countless community-college students, two new studies suggest that many of those students would do…
The Maryland State Board of Education is poised to adopt regulations for gifted and talented education this week that instruct local school systems on how to identify gifted…
New York City on Feb. 24 became the latest municipality to release the “value-added” rankings of thousands of public school teachers. Here’s why the city’s move is seriously…
President Barack Obama on Feb. 27 urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to…
A bill requiring sex education classes to teach an abstinence-only curriculum moved closer to becoming a law in Utah Wednesday, the Huffington Post reports.
A bill in Alabama would allow churches or ministries to teach a religion class to public school students off campus, so long as parents and school boards give…
As educators grapple with school reform, many agree that schools must update their practices and technology to better engage students and prepare them for 21st-century careers. Some educators…
Cash-strapped schools can’t stop giving students the resources they need to learn and develop 21st century skills simply because budgets are tight. Luckily, educators can turn to free…
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…
