The best students get a few Bs and Cs
The "best" students, or those most likely to succeed in college, a career, and life, usually don't get straight As in school.
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Staff and students in Red Bud create a food pantry
Staff and students at a small high school about 35 miles south of St. Louis have started a food pantry in the school's library.
Top 11 school stories for 2018
We find these 11 stories to have the greatest potential for influencing activity and direction in schools for the near future.
Free school lunches should continue during shutdown
Free and reduced-price school meals should continue during the shutdown, although if it goes past February, questions start to pop up.
Federal student aid still OK under shutdown
The federal government could remain (partially) shut down for several days, but student aid for college is generally unaffected.
A Md. h.s. coach is charged with sexual assault
A former coach at a Catholic h.s. in Baltimore has been charged with the sexual abuse of a minor student at the school.
21st century needs collaborative problem solving
Few schools teach (formally, at least) one of the most important 21st-century skills: collaborative problem solving.
The people of Arizona say no to vouchers
Voters across the country had good news for schools, resoundingly defeating a voucher initiative in Ariz., and electing many pro-education governors.
Kids fight less where corporal punishment is banned
A study of 88 countries shows there's less fighting among young people where corporal punishment is completely banned.
Michael splinters homes, uproots trees, upends lives
Many schools in Florida are still closed after a deadly hurricane laid a path of destruction across much of the panhandle.