Alabama students are improving in math, reading. What’s next?
Over the past five years, Alabama has put more than half a billion dollars toward historic reading and math reforms, which leaders believe are now yielding promising results, especially for younger ...
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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it
People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...
Mount Pleasant company connects Lowcountry students to nature through field trips and summer camps
The Mount Pleasant-based eco-tour company and foundation Coastal Expeditions holds after-school programs, summer camps and field trips for K-12 SC students.
Yoga Club is a hit at Central Middle School
Like many middle school students, Courtney Mastain faced a lot of stress. Then she joined the Central Middle School Yoga Club. “My stress level has gone way down,” she said. Many students in the ...
Growing pains: The challenges of mental health in middle school
Trouble sleeping. Mood swings. Quick to get mad. These were some of the changes 13-year-old Isha Shah first noticed in fifth grade and attributed to part of the tough job of growing up. But by seventh ...
Brownsville ISD nears decision on May bond election
Independent School District Board of Trustees has moved a step closer to calling a bond election for May after receiving the final report from its Citizens Facilities Committee on Thursday. For the ...
Invention Convention champ visits former class
A former Hermon Middle School student came by to teach current students a lesson in how far an idea can take you.
Miami-Dade schools on edge amid rumors of immigration raids, teacher deportation
Dr. Jose Dotres, the superintendent of schools for Miami-Dade, has not made a public statement on immigration or spoken up to ...
From fifth grade to the NFL, the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley has always given his Whitehall teachers gratitude
Barkley has consistently given shout-outs to his former teachers. And they have all echoed that the Eagles running back's ...
Southbridge educator surprised with $25,000 Milken Educator Award
Southbridge Middle School teacher Jillian Lombardi awarded the national Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 prize recognizing her commitment to students in and outside of the classroom.
Sweden's worst mass shooting leaves immigrant community on edge
A member of Kasselia's congregation, 29-year-old Salim Iskef, was among those murdered in Orebro on Tuesday in Sweden's first school shooting and the worst mass shooting in the country's history. The ...
Sarasota School Board indicates cell phones will stay in county schools for now
The Sarasota School Board indicated it will keep its current cell phone use policy, which prohibits use during instruction unless a teacher allows it.