Piasa bird legend lives on in image high on a bluff
A legendary bird-monster can be found in the face of a bluff along the Mississippi River in southern Illinois.
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Can students make change without a cash register?
In a math class at Alton HS, a teacher stresses one of the Common Core's Standards of Mathematical Practice.
Math parent night in Fla.
Students with the Common Core need to work on math skills that differ from those their parents learned. The solution: educate the parents.
Lucy School celebrates LEED platinum certification
A Md. school celebrates its certification as a green building by passing on environmental stewardship lessons.
NFL's Play 60 idea may also bring gains in learning
Physical activity may help reduce the level of childhood obesity, but it also brings good news for the brain, research from the U of IL shows.
Number sense is one key to Common Core math
An IL educator recognizes the importance of estimation in mathematics, found in the Common Core.
SAT: Student Affluence Test?
The Wall Street Journal recently pointed out how SAT scores are linked to family income. Not news. Not even actionable.
Science test scores go up at 1st parent trigger schools
Science test scores at one of the first school that was reorganized under a parent trigger law improved dramatically. How do you think that happened?
Total lunar eclipse occurs; blood moon seen (video)
A NASA observatory captured a time-lapse video of this morning's blood moon (a total lunar eclipse).
Same-sex marriages have similar longevity
The US Supreme Court declined to hear same-sex marriage ban appeals. Time to move on to a real defense of marriage and children.