High schoolers build prosthetic hand for 4-year-old
Short story, powerful effect ... A high school robotics team steps in to build a prosthetic hand for a 4-year-old girl in Michigan who had outgrown her original prosthetic.
STEM
Charles Co. to get planetarium; kids talk with astronauts
STEM is taking root in Maryland schools, and Charles County, with a brand new science center (planetarium/IMAX), is making a big statement in terms of its students' futures.
Paying kids to eat fruit at lunch is good — temporarily
Paying students to eat a fruit or vegetable is less expensive than just serving it, and it also reduces waste and increases the chances they'll eat the fruit or vegetable you serve.
Mega Millions jackpot grows, but odds have shrunk
The Mega Millions jackpot is approaching a record, thanks in part to a reduction in the odds of winning instituted by the lottery in October.
Kids in East St Louis graph their progress in math
Some students in East St Louis, Ill., are learning how to make bar graphs by keeping track of their own progress on interim math tests given in their school.
Biology teacher requires public statements by students
Should students be compelled to make their political beliefs known to the general public via the Internet, a letter to a public official, and so on?
PARCC samples in grade 3 math reflect carelessness
We begin our review of newly released items from PARCC with third-grade mathematics. These two items show a lack of attention to detail that has typified PARCC items in the past.
New study: No intelligence gains from music lessons
Another nail has been driven into the coffin on those studies that appeared to link music study in children with enhanced intelligence or cognitive ability in non-music areas.
Engineer, not an accountant, named CEO at GM
The largest US auto maker named a woman to the post of CEO. Mary Barra will take over the reins at GM in January. She's also an engineer who is credited with the redesign of several product lines.
Wash. district drops lunch line palm scanner experiment
The school board in Payallup, Wash., said it would stop testing palm scanners in the cafeterias that link student biometric data with a database that holds their pre-paid lunch money accounts.