The eighth grader was curious Wednesday why he had been chosen to attend an off-campus event to motivate him to aim for college, ...
Kids today are thinking for themselves, not just parroting their parents Is anyone in Nevada smarter than a fifth grader? The Las Vegas ...
Michelle Obama, DC schoolchildren help with 2nd major harvest of White House garden Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama's ...
Arizona schools chief warns that 'massive layoffs' of teachers possible due to budget troubles Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said. He said ...
Denver school employee arrested after police say she taped student's hands, mouth Denver police have arrested an elementary school employee accused of taping a student's mouth and hands. Police say 45-year-old administrator Jennifer Carter was being held Monday for investigation of child ...
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan listens to fourth graders read at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, as part a "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why. Duncan ...
Ceara Sturgis, 17, left, speaks to reporters with her mother Veronica Rodriguez Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at the offices of the ACLU in Jackson, Miss. A Mississippi school superintendent said Friday that previous federal court rulings back up a principal's decision to ...
Michigan governor meets with school officials on funding cuts, asks again for more money Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday she hasn't decided where she'll make cuts in the six remaining budget bills on her desk. But the money she vetoed earlier ...
This photo taken Sept. 25, 2009 shows Lamar High School Senior Angelica Washington brushing a pork loin in Houston. Students in the Culinary Arts program at the high school learn to prepare and serve meals in their Cafe Mirbeau. (AP Photo/David J. ...
SILVER SPRING, MD - OCTOBER 19: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to third and fourth graders during their lunch period at Viers Mill Elementary School October 19, 2009 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The elementary school was named a 2005 National ...
Zero-tolerance policies in the schools lead to ridiculous punishments and should be changed Zachary Christie, a Delaware 6-year-old, was so excited about joining the Cub Scouts this year that he brought a camping utensil with him to school to eat lunch. When ...
On nationwide math tests, fourth-grader progress stalls but eighth-graders improve New math scores show fourth-graders made no gains since 2007, the first time in two decades they have failed to improve. Eighth-graders advanced for yet another year. Education officials called the results ...
