School news in the fine arts, academics, and athletics
A report in yesterday’s Des Moines (Iowa) Register shows how Maryland’s school improvement efforts have left other states, including Iowa, in the dust. […]
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The country’s second-largest school district has banned suspensions for students who are responsible only for “willful defiance” such as failure to wear a school uniform. […]
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Our coverage of a possible statewide marching band championship in Illinois, one sponsored by the IHSA, comes to an end, given the absence of any response from the IHSA. […]
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A new law in Maryland will make it easier for students to earn a degree in college and to leave high school ready for college or a career, according to legislators who sponsored the legislation. […]
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A rise of voices in support of public education, against corporate reform and public school privatization efforts, notably in Chicago, is becoming difficult to ignore. […]
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Students from Calvert County, in partnership with Morgan State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, presented their research about the health of the Chesapeake Bay. […]
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Lawsuits filed by parents and the Chicago Teachers Union aim to delay or stop the closure of 54 public schools in Chicago at the end of this school year. […]
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A malfunction in one of the reaction wheels on NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, which is searching for Earth-like planets orbiting stars besides the sun, may jeopardize the planet-search mission. […]
The high schools in Indian Prairie School District 204 will host fine arts festivals Saturday, May 18. The all-day affairs should be some of the best prepared school entertainment this year. […]
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A foundation in Wisconsin has given us an idea for helping the teen suicide rate find its way back down in the US: write letters to middle schoolers and let them know they’re there in our eyes. […]
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