IL considers new rules for football practice
IL is likely to revise its rules on full-contact football practices for the fall. They're looking to reduce the chances for brain injury.
Death toll rises in Nepal earthquake
We're devastated to hear of a 7.8-magnitude quake in Nepal that killed more than 4,400 people. The region is a hotbed of geological activity.
IL district appeals ruling that allows service dog
A school district in IL is fighting a state board of ed ruling that a student with epilepsy must be allowed to bring her service dog to school.
STEM night for parents at Lansdowne Elementary
Families faced an engineering challenge and met some cool reptiles at a Baltimore elementary school. The focus was on problem solving.
Students enjoy perspectives of a paper traveler
Students at several Baltimore-area elementary schools have been learning about different parts of the country in postcards from Flat Stanley.
La. won't repeal creationism law this year
Efforts in Louisiana backed by scientists, have failed to repeal a law that many say promotes religion & creationism; it turns evolution into a non-fact.
After some trigonometry, horses get their hay
Some ranchers at a high school in Colorado needed to use their trigonometry skills to build a giant steel bale feeder for their horses.
Schools earn national Green Ribbon honors
It's Earth Day, and 1 middle school in IL, an elementary and a high school in Md., and a Md. school system have won 2015 Green Ribbon Schools awards.
'Md. Breakfast Challenge' feeds hungry kids
Many kids in Md. who could receive free breakfasts at school don't participate in the free breakfast program. Let's change that.
Rauner on teachers, unions, PARCC, etc.
Gov Bruce Rauner of IL blasted teachers' unions when he spoke at a seminar for education journalists in Chicago. The teachers' union responded.