Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small high school in Little Village four years ago, he put his law degree to use, dispensing free legal…
An amazing high school in Alabama is paving the way for other schools to successfully integrate their autistic students into classroom activities--and beyond, the Huffington Post reports.
California educators and childcare advocates are protesting Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to scrap a new program for children who are no longer old enough for kindergarten, the Associated…
During a Jan. 12 Education Trust webinar about how principals can be strong, positive, and effective leaders, three school principals shared their tips and strategies for creating a…
British Education Secretary Michael Gove will unveil major changes to the way technology is taught in schools Wednesday, saying children are "bored out of their minds" by current…
Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers involved in a 3rd grade math…
A school district in Tucson voted to dismantle its ethnic studies program after more than $1 million of monthly state funding was to be cut off in response…
A U.K. study that compared teenage video gamers found that those who played video games frequently have more gray matter in the area of the brain known to…
Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of…
Virtualizing software and desktops throughout the University System of Maryland’s 100 locations will be a technological boon for more than just the 170,000 UMD students who will enjoy…
An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district's ethnic studies program violates state law, agreeing with the findings of Arizona's public schools chief, the Associated…
The new year is bringing new controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, with two bills in New Hampshire seeking to require teachers to teach the theory more…
Here are the results of our 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, which recognize the educational technology products and services our readers have enjoyed the most success with.
A recent article in The Los Angeles Times tells of a superintendent in a Kentucky school who is rather miffed that the state of Kentucky does not afford…
In a recent "Question of the Week," we asked our readers: “'Tis the season to be giving! If you could give just one thing to your students/faculty/peers/school or…
When it came time to help her first-graders through a tricky subtraction problem, Rosalie Carr reached for a new arsenal of colored chips, base-10 bars and mighty "number…
Teachers use video podcasts to turn learning “upside down” … New web-search formulas have important implications for students and society … “Bring Your Own Device” emerges as a…
YouTube has an enormous collection of educational clips that could be used by teachers, but many schools choose to block the site so that kids won't be able…
Florida lawmakers are considering a bill to eliminate a requirement that the state's 6th through 8th graders must take one semester of physical education each year, the Huffington…
With a new year approaching, it's a great opportunity to re-evaluate what’s working—and what’s not—in your classroom, school, or district communications program. Here are five tips to power…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
As social media use has become pervasive in the lives of American teens, a new study finds that 69 percent of the teenagers who use social networking sites…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is handing control of its online platform for teacher recruitment and retention, www.teach.gov, to software giant Microsoft Corp., the two organizations announced earlier…
Tennessee’s new teacher evaluation system has prompted some school districts to ban student teachers from working in core high school subjects, college education officials say. The reason: So…
The way educators are evaluated is changing across the country, with a switch from routine "satisfactory" ratings to actual proof that students are learning.
