Fantasy football makes a math class in Decatur
Two 6th-grade math teachers at an IL school are using fantasy football to teach students about algebra and arithmetic. What a contest!
Academics
Dems propose charter moratorium in Michigan
A handful of Democrats in Michigan want to propose a moratorium on the approval of charter schools, which Republicans say won't fly.
Student poets read their work at the White House
Congratulations to the five high school students who were named National Student Poets in a White House ceremony last week.
Yes, August was hot
August 2014 was the hottest August on record since records were begun in 1880. What does it mean?
Civics test has a new fan
Americans don't know much about government, so a former Supreme Court justice wants to require all HS students to pass a civics test.
Teen sues Montgomery Co. schools over fake psychologist
A young man in one Md. county is charging the school district and a former counselor with essential fraud, as the counselor allegedly faked his credentials.
Most immigrant kids in Md. are now with family members
Md. has launched a website to assist unaccompanied minor children who have been resettled, mainly with family members, in the state.
EV-D68 causes breathing problems in Midwestern kids
There's been an uptick across six states of Human Enterovirus D-68, and it has sent about a hundred kids to the hospital.
Wis. district sued because teachers bargained collectively
Madison teachers allegedly violated a new state law against collective bargaining by public workers when they negotiated a new contract.
Who in Barrington can write code for an iPhone?
Seven schools in Chicago's northwestern suburbs will begin a program aimed at promoting coding for mobile iOS devices. Kids developing apps.