While most Houston students celebrated the last day of school Thursday morning, Furr High School Principal Bertie Simmons donned a grass skirt and a flowered lei and joined her cheerleaders in a motivational chant.
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5/31/2012
Only about a third of North Dakota public school districts met federal goals in reading and math this past school year, according to a new report from the state Department of Public Instruction.
5/31/2012
These are tough days for public schools. Districts across the state are facing cuts while legacy retirement costs explode. School leaders are forced to make incredibly tough decisions about curricula, consolidations, furloughs, and extracurricular activities.
5/31/2012
Does tracking school children with computer chips make them more safe - or more vulnerable?
5/31/2012
Three Virginia school districts have been selected for a project to help more college-bound students complete a federal financial aid form.
5/31/2012
House and Senate budget negotiators have agreed to a $12.9 billion School Aid budget that would give about 450 school districts and charter schools up to $120 more per pupil next year.
5/31/2012
Iowa's Education Department director says the state will continue its effort to receive a waiver from the federal government's No Child Left Behind Act.
5/31/2012
State officials are neglecting their legal obligation to ensure that students who are learning English are receiving an adequate and equal education, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the ACLU of Southern California and other advocates.
5/31/2012
The Association of Educational Publishers is offering a free Metadata Lab to provide educational resource providers with a clear understanding of existing and emerging education data standards, including the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative.
5/31/2012
Hitachi America, Ltd. announced the next generation of its Classroom and Conference Room 3LCD projectors: the CP-X2015WN, CP-WX2515WN, CP-X2515WN, CP-X3015WN, CP-X4015WN and CP-WX3015WN.
5/31/2012
ELMO USA Corporation is proud to announce the creation of ELMO Academy, a comprehensive program of professional development workshops that provide teachers with essential skills to integrate ELMO's 21st century classroom technology to advance student outcomes.
5/31/2012
As part of an ongoing initiative to advance the use of digital technology in the classroom, Kaplan K12 Learning Services announced the winners of its Digital Learning Day-inspired “First Year Teacher e-Book Contest.”
5/31/2012
Students can learn about DNA Profiling, fingerprints and skeletal secrets with this new series from the Smithsonian Channel.
5/30/2012
Oakland County students who are already enrolled in Michigan’s only two cyber charter schools will have more options now that Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law legislation that allows the number of schools offering all classes on computers to increase to 15 by 2015.
5/30/2012
A year ago, Berkeley school Superintendent Bill Huyett, with the school board's blessing, took about $250,000 out of the district's bank account and placed a bet.
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