Education

Assessing The $100 Million Upheaval Of Newark's Public Schools

1:55pm September 21, 2015

In 2010, Mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg devised a plan to improve Newark's failing schools. Dale Russakoff recounts their efforts in The Prize.

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A school lunch tray featuring whole wheat tortillas at the School Nutrition Association conference in July 2014. The association is asking Congress to relax the federal school nutrition standards in hopes of attracting more kids back to the school lunch l

Class Divide: Are More Affluent Kids Opting Out Of School Lunch?

10:33am September 20, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Healthier school lunches are reaching more needy kids, but more kids who could afford to pay full price seem to be brown-bagging it instead. That's why some schools want to loosen nutrition rules.

Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set

3:58pm September 18, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

New software introduces programming skills to pre-readers. Is this 21st century literacy? Or too much, too soon?

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'Say Yes' More Than A College Scholarship

9:12pm September 17, 2015

by Keri Brown

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Virginia School Suspends Students For Confederate Flag Clothing

8:13pm September 17, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Twenty-four students showed up at the school Thursday morning in attire featuring the Confederate battle flag — a long-standing violation of their high school's dress code.

How To Make The Most Of Your 10 Minutes With The Teacher

3:30pm September 17, 2015

by Elissa Nadworny

Like a good Scout, parents should be prepared. Educators agree that doing your homework can make a big difference. Here's expert advice on how to ace your next parent-teacher conference.

Ahmed Mohamed speaks during a news conference on Wednedsay in Irving, Texas. After being detained for building what a teacher thought was a bomb; it was an alarm clock.

Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After 'Bomb Hoax' Incident

7:51pm September 16, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A tweet from the president reads: "We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great."

Katie Serio, director of treatment and prevention at the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County, N.Y., trains a group of school nurses to use the overdose antidote naloxone at Dansville High School.

School Nurses Stock Drug To Reverse Opioid Overdoses

5:35pm September 16, 2015

by Michelle Faust

With deaths from heroin and painkillers on the rise, more nurses at high schools and middle schools are prepared to intervene in the event of an overdose on school grounds.

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