Until now the bulk of the research favored social promotion. Most studies found that students who were retained tended to fare less well academically than…
Once again, parents and teachers are faced with the challenge of discussing a tragic incident of community violence with children. Today we saw a tragedy…
Going back to school can be a really exciting time for children – new teachers, different learning environment, and everything has a fresh feeling to…
Introducing children to the Bible at an early age allows them to grow up knowing and applying God’s Word to their life. Young children are…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned. SEE ALSO: Is Obama A Super-Pac Hypocrite? The first 10 states to […]
A recent study by the Yale University Child Study Center shows that Black children — especially boys — no matter their family income, receive less attention, harsher punishment and lower marks in school than their White counterparts from kindergarten all the way through college. A subsequent article published in “The Washington Post” reported that Black […]
Millions of American school children are receiving free or reduced lunches for the first time as America’s economic downturn has left many middle-class families struggling to make it. See also:Â California Schools Move Ahead With Healthier Meals Despite Backtrack In Congress The number of students receiving subsidized lunch rose 17 percent since the 2006, according to […]
The new documentary To Be Heard follows three students from the Bronx during a rough time period as they tell their story of friendship, struggle and making it off the streets when no one else believed they could. Karina Sanchez, Pearl Quick and Anthony Pittman, three best friends better known as “the tripod,” join a […]
A study done by The Alliance for Excellent Education examines what the economy would look like with $5 billion in spending to cut the dropout rate in half. Reports claim more than 7,000 students drop out of school every day. And only 40 percent of teenagers who have children before the age of 18 graduate […]
Educators and officials in Newark, New Jersey are optimistic about the city’s public schools progress since new superintendent Cami Anderson begun; and a year after Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to the district. Already, three new alternative schools have been opened with the Facebook money. At the same time, teachers seem to […]
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and filmmaker Spike Lee teamed up Monday to urge more black men to consider teaching. More than 1 million teachers will retire during the next decade, according to federal estimates, and leaders have embarked on a nationwide drive to build a more diverse teaching force. Duncan on Monday took the […]
Sorry kids, President Obama wants to extend the school year by a month. “That month makes a difference,” the President said Monday in an appearance on the “Today” show. And while “that’s going to cost some money,” he said, “that would be money well spent.” Obama’s interview kicked off a special NBC News series on […]
