Peaceful protesting returns to Baltimore
The city is mostly calm and peaceful after riots that tore it down and burned it up Monday. Students try to reclaim their identity in the city.
School News
Science classroom in Canton named for astronaut
Hoping to inspire students, an IL high school has dedicated a science classroom to an astronaut who graduated from the school in 1964.
Youth launch riot over death of Freddie Gray
Protests turned violent in northwest Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. Several police officers were hurt.
Shanna Peeples is National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers has announced the 2015 National Teacher of the Year. She's an English teacher from Texas.
STEM night for parents at Lansdowne Elementary
Families faced an engineering challenge and met some cool reptiles at a Baltimore elementary school. The focus was on problem solving.
Students enjoy perspectives of a paper traveler
Students at several Baltimore-area elementary schools have been learning about different parts of the country in postcards from Flat Stanley.
La. won't repeal creationism law this year
Efforts in Louisiana backed by scientists, have failed to repeal a law that many say promotes religion & creationism; it turns evolution into a non-fact.
Schools earn national Green Ribbon honors
It's Earth Day, and 1 middle school in IL, an elementary and a high school in Md., and a Md. school system have won 2015 Green Ribbon Schools awards.
'Md. Breakfast Challenge' feeds hungry kids
Many kids in Md. who could receive free breakfasts at school don't participate in the free breakfast program. Let's change that.
Rauner on teachers, unions, PARCC, etc.
Gov Bruce Rauner of IL blasted teachers' unions when he spoke at a seminar for education journalists in Chicago. The teachers' union responded.