Break-ups, beginnings, & the Beechwood band
Bechwood HS in Ft Mitchell, Ky., brings a marching band to the BOA Grand National Championships & offers advice for coping with break-ups.
Teenagers shot Friday night in Md., IL
Young boys in Baltimore, Chicago, and Peoria were shot Friday overnight. One is dead, the other 2 injured, as violence continues in our neighborhoods.
Dizzy Goshen band stands proud on national stage
Goshen High School , a microcosm of American public schools, shows how effective music education can be in producing lifelong success for kids.
President signs ESSA; NCLB falls; era ends
The bipartisan compromise bill, Every Student Succeeds Act (S.1177), was signed into law this morning by President Barack Obama.
Md. releases grade-3 thru -8 PARCC scores
Fewer than half of 3rd through 8th graders in Md. "passed" last year's exams from the PARCC consortium. Here's what that means.
IL & Ore. schools may be establishing religion
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has recently lodged complaints against public school districts in Naperville and Portland, asking them to stop establishing religion.
Chicago school lunch boycott sends a message
Students at a Chicago high school are boycotting lunch. They say it tastes bad and the company that makes it, Aramark, has to do better.
Lawrence Twp. bands combine & make a champion
Lawrence Twp. schools, near Indianapolis, combine 2 marching band programs to encourage excellence in a diverse student population.
By polishing an abstract theme, Hebron seduces us
The show from Hebron High School in Texas left us speechless, and I don't just mean about the haunting oboe solo or the wailing sax solo.
Kids bring guns into 2 suburban Chicago schools
Two students have been charged, one as a juvenile, one as an adult, with weapons violations for bringing guns to their schools in the northwest suburbs.