Amazon.com caused quite a stir in early October when it announced a new tablet computer for less than half the cost of Apple’s iPad. The Kindle Fire went…
Education has certainly changed from when I was in school, but when one of my grandkids started pre-kindergarten this year, I realized just how different things were since…
This morning CNN reported that some people list their Klout scores on their résumés. My first few thoughts: Really? Seriously? Is this true? And if true, is it…
A school board in Colorado is so desperate for revenue that it is selling advertising space on the report cards that students at 91 elementary schools take home,…
A Denver high school teacher brought her students to observe the Occupy Denver protest of Blogcon, a conservative blogger conference held in Denver, on Friday afternoon to see…
Even though Ohio Issue 2 (Senate Bill 5) failed in last week's election, that does not mean merit-based pay is no longer a possibility for Ohio teachers, Yahoo!…
A new federal resource will help groups share learning materials and policy recommendations as they strive to improve the quality and availability of learning resources in education.
A federal court has ruled that school administrators had the right to order California high school students to remove displays of the American flag from their clothing on…
He might not be ready to submit a college application, but Thomas Suarez of Manhattan Beach, California is already releasing apps for iOS devices, Yahoo! News reports.
As internet use has become a daily part of most students' lives, students must know how to protect themselves and their identity at all times—especially when teachers and…
High school students who sext--the term for texting sexually suggestive or explicit messages or photos--are more likely to be depressed, a new study reveals, Mashable reports.
An ambivalent State Board of Education discussed but took no action Wednesday on pursuing a temporary waiver from strictures of the No Child Left Behind law, TopEd.org reports.
A New Jersey administrative law judge has ruled that a first-grade teacher who wrote that she was a "warden for future criminals" on Facebook earlier this year should…
Indiana's new school voucher law has led some Hoosier parents to take their students out of private schools and place them in public schools for a year to…
In last night's Republican debate, several of the candidates reiterated their resolve to get rid of the Department of Education if elected, says Angie Mohr for Yahoo! News.
I have never played video games. They cut into reading time. Today, I don’t even understand TV advertisements for games. Do you have to get inside an Xbox?…
Two teachers, including a former teacher of the year, are suing the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami claiming they were fired for reporting suspected sex abuse involving the principal…
The huge asteroid 2005 YU55 was small and dim in the sky during its close Earth approach yesterday (Nov. 8), but a handful of high-school students helped it…
The Department of Education said on Wednesday it would launch an investigation into Penn State's conduct in connection with a sexual abuse scandal involving a former assistant football…
K-12 online and blended learning continued to grow rapidly across the country in 2011 as new consortia and single-district online education programs outstripped the continued expansion of more…
A new Pennsylvania law requiring all school workers to disclose their criminal history next month could see some employees who have been convicted of various crimes lose their…
Gone are the days of the gold star, or the smiley-face on the graded test...now two schools are stepping up their good-grades game by offering a more serious…
Michelle Obama told high school students taking part in a mentoring program at Georgetown University on Tuesday that being married to the president can be scary at times,…
Seattle Public Schools officials reversed a proposal that would have given school principals oversight over school newspapers following days of backlash from the community, the Huffington Post reports.
A new report offers recommendations for how policy makers and education leaders can take a more robust and modern approach to helping young students learn and develop in…
My colleague Kevin Sieff wrote about gifted and talented programs in this Washington Post story, which focuses on the racial enrollment gap, says Valerie Strauss, Washington Post columnist.
Forty-eight percent of US middle and high school students suffered sexual harassment in the past school year, both in person and online, a national survey released Monday said,…
At Coral Reef Senior High, calculus teacher Orlando Sarduy understands complicated formulas, and knows he will be graded on how his students perform on tests. But despite his…
The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute have released a new paper arguing that public school teachers are overpaid relative to the private-sector market. The paper is…
A new policy paper from the conservative Heritage Foundation argues that, contrary to popular opinion, teachers aren’t underpaid. Instead, the paper says, teachers are actually overpaid by at…
