Schools reconsider transgender bathroom use
Transgender students in Md. & Nev. deal with bathroom and locker room questions every day at school. What should be done?
Alaskan students prep for World Labyrinth Day
Elementary students in Alaska, as part of an artist-in-residence program, are building a maze made using the Fibonacci Sequence.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for DNA repair studies
Infographic: Scientists are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on various DNA repair mechanisms in living cells.
Sci. & Soc. Stud. standards get a hearing in Mich.
Information sessions about new science and social studies learning standards are ongoing in Mich., with a few more planned for this week.
SCOTUS denies appeal in NY vaccination case
The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case that allows New York schools to send non-vaccinated students home if an outbreak occurs.
Howard Co. school mold belies ‘transparency’
Communication between school officials and community members, in the name of "transparency," often suffers from formality.
H.S. shooting plot foiled in N. Calif.
Police in Northern Calif. foiled a plot by students to go on a shooting spree at their high school. No one was harmed, but 4 students were arrested.
Lesson-sharing sites & copyright law
It's a tricky business to post lesson plans online. Who owns those lessons? Can you charge people money for access to those lessons?
Heroes avert crisis in S.D. school shooting
A high school student shot the principal of a high school in S.D. last week. The suspect will be tried as an adult for 1st-degree attempted murder.
Worcester Co. tackles suicide starting in schools
A health program in Worcester Co., Md., takes aim at suicide among young people in the county, a tall order for a resort town.