Semifinal IL football predictions
Our predictions are in for the football semifinals. We are already sensing upsets because our mathematical model has a few shortcomings. [...]Read More... from Semifinal...
Annie E Casey Foundation's 2-generation poverty plan
A serious look at poverty and how it affects schools (and a possible path to a solution) comes from a Baltimore-based foundation. [...]Read More... from...
Football playoff prediction performance in quarterfinals
Last week, we predicted the outcome of the 32 quarterfinal football games in Illinois. We got 24 of them right. [...]Read More... from Football playoff...
BOA grand national champion: Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Bands of America named the marching band from Tarpon Springs H.S., near Tampa Bay, Fla., grand national champion last night in Indy. [...]Read More... from...
The girl in white on the volleyball court this year
New uniform rules in girls' volleyball require the libero to wear a different color uniform from the other players on her team. We explain. [...]Read...
IL state girls' volleyball champions 2014
We will update this story as championship games are played and/or news reports received. Illinois will name four state champs today in girls' volleyball. [...]Read...
College kids add a new sexuality classification: Asexual
The number of sexual identities is growing, especially among college-aged women (questioning, asexual). Research has been long in coming. [...]Read More... from College kids add...
Wash. state to cap class size
Voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative in Washington state that will require schools to reduce class sizes to predefined hard caps. [...]Read More... from Wash....
In IL, with no ocean nearby, a storage table will have to do
Industrial ed students at a central IL junior high study erosion of the ocean floor and other interesting topics, like modeling a real-world situation. [...]Read...
6 Baltimore schools may close in June
Baltimore City may close 6 neighborhood schools. It might save a few dollars, or it might very well destroy some poor communities. [...]Read More... from...