Coalition wants schools to close on Muslim holidays
A few groups, primarily Muslim in composition, are requesting that Montgomery County Public Schools close on important Muslim holidays, just like they do for Christian and Jewish holidays.
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Baltimore County to showcase magnet programs Saturday
Baltimore County Public Schools will hold a Magnet Expo Saturday in Timonium in order to show parents and students in its schools what the magnet programs have to offer.
US Constitution turns 226 today
We join the US Department of Education and others in wishing you a Happy Constitution Day and Citizenship Day today, on the 226th anniversary of the US Constitution's signing in Philadelphia.
Moving to a beat linked to brain’s response to speech
A study out of Northwestern shows a correlation between teenagers' ability to tap a beat and their ability to recruit brain centers associated with sound when they hear someone speaking.
What if students can't pay the pay-to-play fees?
Pay-to-play, registration, and other fees are going unpaid and building up in the West Aurora (Ill.) school district. What to do?
Voyager 1 entered interstellar space on Aug 25, 2012
NASA scientists have confirmed that Voyager I is traveling in interstellar space, about 15 billion miles from Earth on its continuing mission, which began in 1977.
STEM committee forms in Edwardsville School District
A committee has formed to implement STEM subjects from kindergarten through high school. This is the kind of thing that is happening in real schools, and we can use some of those as models.
Miranda should not apply to students at school: NSBA
Ed groups including national school board and principal associations want the Supreme Court to reverse a Ky. supreme court requiring principals to read students their rights before questioning.
Weather postpones start of football in Illinois
For more than 200 varsity football teams in Illinois, especially in the northern half of the state, games would have to wait at least another day.
School district may be negligent in off-campus suicide
Although a school isn't liable for the suicide of a student off-campus, it may be sued for negligence if it doesn't follow notification regulations issued by the state's education department.