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Organizing – It’s Contagious! 26 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
By Amy Jordan and Nathan Allen Great things happen when educators, administrators and parents work together to make their community stronger. Just ask Kristi Smith, a physical science teacher at Hel...
More Armed Security at Schools after Newtown 26 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Lawmakers in every state in the nation introduced school safety legislation this year, and in at least 20 states those proposals became law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures....
U.S. Schools Show Progress in Healthy Behaviors 26 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
Schools across America are showing progress in key areas related to health, including nutrition, physical education and smoking, federal health officials reported Monday. The results of a 2012 compreh...
September 17 is U.S. Constitution Day 26 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
September 17, 2013 marks the 226th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Visit the National Constitution Center for tools and resources to bring the Constitution alive in the classroom....
“I Was There!” Teachers are Witness to History at the March on Washington 24 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
This picture was taken by Harry Klugel on the march from Selma to Montgomery. He took it with a school camera provided by his principal at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, MD In his first week a...
What’s Her Number? Zip Codes Tell Us A Lot About Public School Quality 22 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
In the old saw about real estate, the three most important factors are location, location, location. The same is true of our nation’s public schools. A location that is desirable usually has good publ...
“Indescribably Insane”: A Public School System From Hell 22 Aug 2013 | 04:40 pm
The needs of children in Philadelphia are secondary to a right-wing governor in Tom Corbett who remains fixated on breaking the district in order to crush the teachers union and divert money to unprov...
Empathy: The Most Important Back-to-School Supply 22 Aug 2013 | 03:43 pm
Author Homa Tovanger says the most important back-to-school supply doesn’t fit in a backpack, and it can’t be ordered online. “It’s as essential as a pencil, but unlike a pencil, no technology can rep...
Poll: Majority of Americans Reject Testing, Have Not Heard Of the Common Core Standards 21 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
By Tim Walker As classrooms across the nation begin the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the potentially game-changing initiative apparently hasn’t registered with the American p...
To Improve Learning, Some Schools Lengthen School Day or Year 21 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Nationally, the number of schools adding hours or days has jumped 53 percent since 2009, according to a 2012 report from the National Center on Time & Learning in Boston. New Orleans ranked in the top...
