Baltimore Sun looks at immigrant students’ lives
In an extensive 3-part series, the paper looks at life for immigrant children in East Baltimore. Uprooting one's life is never easy, but you still need an education.
Wheaton & Chicago choristers bond by singing
The choir from a Wheaton IL middle school will combine with one from Chicago to perform 2 community-based concerts this holiday season.
Officials say Ala. TOY unqualified; she resigns
Alabama's Teacher of the Year in 2014-15 has resigned over certification confusion in Birmingham City Schools. She was deemed unqualified to teach.
NAEP scores blip down in 4th- & 8th-grade math
US 4th & 8th graders had a lower scores in math on the longest-running national assessment of the nation's schools. Not a big deal, but here's more data.
Maryland releases high school PARCC data
State-level results from the PARCC tests have been released for Maryland's high school students. Lots of kids did poorly, but not all.
Police officer throws student across room (video)
A video shows a police officer lifting a student out of her desk and dragging her across the floor. He was White; she was Black.
Yik Yak back in the news on college campuses
Women's and civil-rights groups want colleges to protect students from sexual harassment via anonymous social-media sites like Yik Yak.
Feds call for limits on testing in schools
The Obama administration will issue guidance to reduce the amount of standardized testing schools put kids through for accountability.
Hurricane Patricia brings 165-mph winds to Mexico
Hurricane Patricia is the strongest hurricane ever in the Western Hemisphere, and it made landfall this afternoon on Mexico's Pacific coast.
Elementary kids code a robot into space
A contest asks elementary students (ages 6–11) to program a robot for a space mission. Grand prize: a STEM field trip to Calif.