Photo credit: Abby Silverman From Cosmopolitan From football games to lunchroom fights to ruthless competition for the title of prom king or queen, high school is filled with enough angst and Hollywood-level theatrics to keep things interesting year after year—and movie after movie. Who doesn’t love watching a coming-of-age melodrama […]
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ExploreCOVID-19 cases reported at metro Atlanta public schools Registration for the virtual and in-person Summer Academic Recovery Academy is open through the end of the month. APS estimates it will spend $13 million in federal stimulus funds on this summer’s effort, the first of a three-year push to extend learning […]
CLOSE Greene County voters will be headed to the polls in a little more than a week to decide who will serve on many municipal councils and school boards for the next couple of years. But along with votes on representatives, residents of Ash Grove, Rogersville and Walnut Grove, as […]
It’s the last roundup for two La Jolla eighth-grade robotics teams that have students who have been together since elementary school and are trying to make the most of their last year before moving on to what in some cases will be different high schools. The Muirlands Constructors and Team […]
Fridays are most students’ favorite day of the week at Beacon Academy, a K-8 charter school in Crystal. But the reasons go beyond the day being the end of a long school week or the anticipation of a break from wearing school uniforms. Fridays mean it’s time for the latest […]
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education questions. Have a question for our teachers? Email [email protected] or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. My second grader has […]
Cynthia Medrano, a college counselor at Alliance Marine Tech High School, an LAUSD charter school in Sun Valley, works remotely. (Los Angeles Times) Middle and high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will head back to campus two days a week in late April or early May, […]
OREM — Want to make money, go to college and see the country? A new program from Utah Valley University and Breeze Airways is offering Utahns the chance to do just that. The UVU “Flight-Study” program is now accepting applications for full-time, online students to become flight attendants for Breeze, […]
A small gang of Elk graze near the North Fork of the Toutle River below Mount St. Helens on Wednesday, March 10. Carter Stennick, 16, of Castle Rock poses with an 18-pound […]
Brad Distel, left, and David Morris begin construction of a new garden at the Montrose Field House on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Josue Perez/Montrose Daily Press) Montrose Recreation District took a step forward in its mission to construct a community garden and teach nutrition benefits and healthy lifestyles. MRD program […]
Beleaguered students already undoubtedly have their minds on vacation down the Shore, sleepaway camp and the intoxicating jingle of the ice cream truck which signifies the sweet arrival of summer break. But, after an arduous slog through oftentimes ineffective remote instruction, two words may soon shatter classroom daydreams: summer school. […]
This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free. Brandon Dell’Orto listened to the comments and complaints as the school board meeting dragged on hour after hour. Many parents were angry. Their kids were sad, bored, borderline depressed, fed up with a school […]
Brandon Dell’Orto listened to the comments and complaints as the school board meeting dragged on hour after hour. Many parents were angry. Their kids were sad, bored, borderline depressed, fed up with a school model that didn’t allow them to be on campus every day. The parents wanted schools open. […]
How To Practice Safe Shipping in ‘Riverdale’ The stars of the CW hit show explain how to protect yourself — from shipping too dramatically. Despite Riverdale fast-forwarding seven years post-high school just two episodes ago, this week took us right back to the oh-so-familiar hallways of Riverdale High. We really […]
Newsday is opening this story to all readers so Long Islanders have access to important information about the coronavirus outbreak. All readers can learn the latest news at newsday.com/LiveUpdates. Your subscription is important because it supports our work covering the coronavirus outbreak and other strong local journalism Newsday […]
In response to “Montclair parent: Let’s get kids back in the classroom,” the recent op-ed by Dr. Lauren Brucia, I would like add my own thoughts resulting from almost 40 years of teaching in elementary schools. I taught in the inner-city in a major New Jersey district, and the newest […]
Three weeks before Sen. Ted Cruz embarked on his ill-fated Cancun trip to escape the aftermath of Texas’s devastating winter storm, the elite K-12 Houston private school attended by his two daughters emailed a Covid warning to parents about international travel. The bottom line: St. John’s School students who travel […]
Feb. 18—NEW LONDON — Police are investigating the shooting death of a 17-year-old New London High School student Wednesday night in the area of Grand and Elm streets. Police said that at approximately 6:22 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of shots fired with an injured person in the […]
The National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and several major sports leagues attract millions of fans from across the country and the world. It isn’t expected for athletes to only be athletes with these huge platforms. I believe athletes can use their platforms to spread important messages […]
New London — Police are investigating the shooting death of a 17-year-old New London High School student Wednesday night in the area of Grand and Elm streets. Police said that at approximately 6:22 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of shots fired with an injured person in the road. […]
When Nevada high schooler Simone Gardella scored a zero on a short writing assignment early last fall, she thought the grade was inaccurate. But she couldn’t find out what she might have done wrong. No human teacher had read what she wrote, and the computer program that had given her […]
EAST BAY State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced legislation Wednesday to make free meals available to every public school student without any burdensome application process or eligibility determination. With provisions that emphasize meals that are freshly prepared with locally grown food, SB 364, the “School Meals for All” bill, is […]