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Starr Points
Put a school on your holiday gift list this year! You'll find that schools are a lot easier to buy for than those distant cousins you've been fretting over -- and the school will be a lot more grateful!
Wire Side Chat
Like hundreds of thousands, teacher Laura Dunham's tranquil morning in Sri Lanka December 26, 2004, was shattered by a massive tsunami. Afterward, Dunham was fed and sheltered by local residents. She has returned to that village to help with reconstruction.
Regina Barecca
"Within any 'learning environment,' rich or poor, competition for supplies is fierce. I don't care if you are at Choate, Berkeley -Carroll, or Chickasaw Elementary: If you take a co-worker's masking tape, you are just asking to be buried with a stake through your heart."
Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 58
Sports math scores points with students, teachers; more students receiving free, reduced-price school lunches; another state bans soda sales in schools; principal wants students and teachers to “get up, get out, get fit."
Education World
In the Classroom
Click to read Lessons from Our Nation’s Schools, Whatever It Takes,
In A Sub’s Shoes, and Teaming Up to Achieve series.
Issues Spotlight 1
National certification
Issues Spotlight 2
Extracurricular activities
Issues Spotlight 3
Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)
Issues Spotlight 4
Teaching about religion
School Doodle
When there’s no money to trickle down…
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Education Studies and Reports
Students Can Benefit from Learning Harder Material First
A study by University of California, Santa Barbara, psychologists Brain J. Spiering and F. Gregory Ashby showed that in some cases, students learn better when they tackle difficult material first.
Inspiring Teachers
Teachers Sacrifice, Get Creative to Help Schools
The recent economic downturn and anticipated budget shortfalls in many states have led to teacher sacrifices and ingenuity. Some teachers unions have given up pay raises, while many teachers are getting creative to raise money for supplies.
Special Education
Parents Can Remove Children from Special Ed
New U.S. Education Department regulations allow parents to remove their children from special education via written request, reversing previous policies that did not allow parents to make such decisions unilaterally.
School Safety & Security
School Shooter: ‘I Didn’t Realize’ They Would Die
Evan Ramsey, 20, who is serving a 210-year prison sentence for a 1997 shooting spree at his Alaska high school that left the principal and a student dead, said at the time he couldn’t discern fantasy from reality. "I didn't realize that you shoot somebody, they die."
See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.
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Turnaround Tales
Using the Reading First program at Norton Elementary School in Norton, Virginia, has led to gains in reading scores, professional development for staff, and more cooperation among teachers.
No Educator Left Behind
Are there any initiatives to encourage girls' interest in science?
Read About It
What are magnet schools?
News for Kids
After Barack Obama was elected president, kids campaigned successfully to have their school renamed.
NCLB Updates
Wondering what’s going on with the No Child Left Behind Act? Peruse our list of news stories about the federal law.
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