Concrete awning collapses, injuring band students
Students at a marching band competition in North Carolina were injured this afternoon when a concrete awning collapsed on top of them.
Teachers go on strike in E. St. Louis SD 189
A teachers' strike started Thursday in East St Louis, IL, and people should get ready for a long, drawn-out fight over teacher salary.
Chicago grad rate adjusted down due to error
CPS adjusted its graduation rates to account for dropouts who were incorrectly classified as students who transferred to another school.
To make a Bands of America champion
When O'Fallon Township's marching band won grand champion at a BOA regional, they did what no IL band had done in 14 years.
Can we or should we ‘help’ the poor?
We find an abandonment of the American dream as companies send jobs overseas and as charter schools become corrupt.
Duncan will resign as education secretary
Arne Duncan will resign in December as US secretary of education. The president could replace him with John King, formerly of N.Y.
Md. program will fight heroin addiction in schools
Students play a role in an education campaign aimed at preventing heroin addiction, announced this morning by the lt. gov. of Md.
Our physical address has changed
Our new address in Baltimore's Harbor East area is in the Legg Mason Building, a landmark in a city that doesn't deserve its bad rep.
Habitat home building teaches geometry
A geometry class in Ft Collins, Colo., builds a new house for a mother and daughter through Habitat for Humanity. Geometry lessons. Humanity lessons.
Poor students study environment on the river
An environmental advocacy group partners with schools in jacksonville, Fla., to provide field trips on a river for the city's poorest students.