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Kids in poor, urban schools learn just as much as others
Schools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide study. The results may seem surprising, given that student test scores are normally higher in suburban and wealthier school districts than they are in urban districts serving mostly disadvant...
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Entire city 'to walk out' on strike over climate change fears
Young activists who have been taking part in school strikes over the climate crisis will be joined by adults when they walk out on Friday. The entire city of Oxford – and surrounding areas in Oxfordshire – will go on strike to draw attention to the environment and call for the government to act. Being hailed the UK’s ‘first general strike since 1926’, those taking part say that for the first time school children will strike together with adults to ‘take action against climate breakdown’.
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Strong Student-Adult Relationships Lower Suicide Attempts in High Schools
High schools where students are more connected to peers and adult staff, and share strong relationships with the same adults, have lower rates of suicide attempts, according to a new study published by the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High
Sabika Sheikh, a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan with dreams of changing the world, struck up an unlikely friendship with an evangelical Christian girl. The two became inseparable—until the day a fellow student opened fire. By Skip Hollandsworth.
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In German schools, opt out of religion at your own risk
Parents get to decide whether their children take part in religion classes, part of the school curriculum in Germany. But if they don't participate, their kids may suffer consequences, even with the law on their side.
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What Yeshiva Kids Are Actually Studying All Day
I have been researching ultra-Orthodox education for 15 years. Here’s what I’ve found.
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High school teacher in Virginia fired for refusing to call transgender student male pronouns
In a unanimous decision, the West Point Public School Board voted to terminate a teacher who refused to call a male transgender student by their preferred pronouns, according to WTVR. Peter Vlaming, who taught French class at West Point High School for nearly seven years, lost his job after a five-hour long public hearing he requested Thursday night.
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This hard-to-read font could be the ultimate study hack
A team of experts have developed a hard-to-read font specifically designed to help you remember things — aptly named Sans Forgetica.
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Mother wants answers after 3-year-old son with autism badly burned at school
A frustrated mother is shocked and demanding an explanation for a second-degree burn she thinks her 3-year-old son got at school. Naeema James said she noticed the injury on Aakil's back about 50 minutes after he got home from Pine Ridge Elementary School - and immediately went back.
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Adapting the Library for Active Learning
The library is the academic heart of a school, but just as education is changing, so too is the library. No longer just a place to check out books and build research skills, campus libraries have evolved into a more multi-dimensional space.
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Saving the Children | The Ragged Writer
Providing dignity and basic need support in a Harrisburg area school district.
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Nearly 6,000 teachers on strike as contract battles continue
Four major school districts in Western Washington have canceled class for the first day of school Wednesday – Puyallup, Tukwila, Tumwater and Centralia. Five other school districts in Washington State are also on strike: Battle Ground, Evergreen, Longview, Standwood-Camano and Washougal. Negotiations for teacher pay raises continue to go back-and-forth between the districts and teachers’ unions, and educators are leaving classrooms empty.
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When students were bullied because of dirty clothes, a principal installed a free laundromat at school
The teenage girl screamed and fought with the school security officer when he tried to check her bag. "The police later told me she had dirty clothes in her bag because she was homeless and didn't want anyone to know," Akbar Cook, the principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, told CNN. "She was fighting for her pride." Cook said many students at West Side faced humiliation because they didn't have anything clean to wear.
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Japanese medical school allegedly rigged exams to keep women out
The Education Minister of Japan has condemned gender discrimination following reports that Tokyo Medical University allegedly rigged entrance exam scores to lower the ratio of female students.
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When teachers think differently about themselves as math learners, students benefit
Like a lot of students, many elementary school teachers dread math class. But, according to a new study from researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Education, when teachers reexamine how they were taught math and their perceptions of their ability, student test scores and attitudes about math dramatically improve.
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After High School Bans Valedictorian's Speech For Mentioning Parkland Shooting, He Delivers It With A Bullhorn
Denied permission to speak at his own graduation, a young valedictorian from Covington, Kentucky, thought of an unconventional way to do what needed to be done. Christian Bales, a Holy Cross High School student, intended to mention Marjory Stoneman Douglas students during the Holy Cross graduation ceremony held on Friday. Deeming his speech “too political” and “inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church,” the school prohibited Bales, as well as his classmate...
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German police fine parents at airport for taking children out of school early | DW | 21.05.2018
Police at a German airport have fined parents for going on vacation before the official start of school holidays. School attendance is compulsory in Germany.
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Why American Students Haven't Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years
Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better.
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Walkout Wednesday: 17-minute student protests to mark 17 school shooting deaths
Students at an estimated 3,000 schools and universities across the United States are expected to stage a 17-minute walkout on Wednesday morning to protest about government inaction on preventing school shootings and everyday gun violence. The protest marks a month to the day since the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, which left 17 people dead. The walkouts are supposed to last 17 minutes in tribute to each of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas victims.
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Before they went on strike, West Virginia teachers packed bags to make sure kids didn't go hungry
Teachers in West Virginia are striking for higher wages and better benefits, but not at the expense of hungry students. In West Virginia almost one in four children are in poverty. For many of them, free or reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches are their main meals of the day. Some schools even run Friday pantry programs to feed students through the weekend.
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