Tempers flared at a Wellesley School Committee meeting last week as some residents spoke of collapsing confidence in the public schools, while others called for patience as the district searches for a new superintendent.
Health & Wellness
12/11/2011
12/8/2011
In the struggle against widespread obesity that begins in early childhood, new research indicates that schools may be the best place to start a solution.
12/7/2011
In the art room at P.S. 188 in Bayside, Queens, a group of 9-year-olds was busily putting the finishing touches on an enormous poster for the fourth-grade play. Its topic: saving the Earth.
12/6/2011
Eight vacant schools where investigators found evidence of drug use and vandalism pose a threat to public safety, and at least one should be demolished immediately because of severe structural issues, city Controller Alan Butkovitz said Tuesday.
12/6/2011
Tiny Fennville, Mich., is getting ready to host a basketball game for the first time since 16-year-old Wes Leonard made a game-winning shot then collapsed seconds later.
12/1/2011
More than four out of 10 school-aged children in Milwaukee are living in poverty, a jump of nearly 10 percentage points from 2007, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau that underscore another effect of the Great Recession.
11/27/2011
When it's time to renew her son's prescriptions for medicine to treat his attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Roxanne Ryan prepares for another wild goose chase.
11/21/2011
A new Texas Freedom Network Education Fund study shows including teaching about contraception with abstinence has increased during the past three years.
11/21/2011
As the Penn State University child sexual-abuse scandal unfolded, Millersville University President Francine G. McNairy sent out a missive across her own campus.
11/20/2011
Over the past decade, the student population that attends Lawrence (Ind.) Township Schools has changed rapidly. In 2000, white students represented 64 percent of the enrollment. Today, the district is 42 percent white, 38 percent black and 11 percent Hispanic.
11/16/2011
The Obama administration and some members of Congress have found a new battleground: school lunchrooms.
11/15/2011
Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?
11/8/2011
State laws that ban soda in schools — but not other sweetened beverages — have virtually no impact on the amount of sugary drinks middle school students buy and consume at school, a new study shows.
11/6/2011
Along with the traditional reading, writing and arithmetic, students in Jefferson County are learning how to garden.
11/3/2011
Wisconsin school teachers would have to promote abstinence and marriage over contraception in sex education classes, under a controversial bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday night.
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