Invasive fish species can harm Florida’s waterways. And now students from Miami-Dade County’s BioTECH @ Richmond Heights work with Zoo Miami scientists to monitor the invaders and their effects on local lakes. The conservation-biology-focused STEM high school—which opened in 2014-15 with help from an $11 million federal grant—focuses on zoology, botany, genetics, ecology, chemistry and […]

Children across the nation learned downward dog, the tree and the frog, among many other yoga positions and movements this past spring. The first Kids’ Yoga Day rolled out at 11 a.m., on April 8 with more than 25,000 children in 46 states and 21 countries. Teresa Ann Powers, a yoga instructor and author of […]

For Portland Public School students in Oregon involved in The Circus Project, tumbling, acrobatics, juggling and conditioning activities help them learn to trust each other and themselves more. “The students pay attention because of the intensity of the experiences and the perceived risk in circus” says Jenn Cohen, The Circus Project’s founder and artistic director. […]

Several Connecticut communities are training parents to take more active roles in the success of their districts. Parents Supporting Educational Excellence (Parents SEE) encourages parents to learn about how their districts work and to get involved to help solve problems. The 12-week, education-focused leadership program was developed by the nonprofit Connecticut Center for School Change, […]

Teachers are coming out of classrooms to build trust with parents. The Parent/Teacher Home Visit Project is about building trust and helping the student succeed with any resources necessary. It’s also to learn educational, cultural and familial goals of parents and students, and to reflect on the teacher’s and student’s experiences. The model, which was […]

Kicking a soccer ball might feel a bit like poetry—the power of your foot sending the ball curling through the air to a teammate or into the back of a net. Washington, D.C., teacher Julie Kennedy has for the past 20 years paired verse with the world’s most popular sport to provide an edifying, after-school […]

Teaching students to dream high is one thing. Teaching them how to help others fly safely is something left to ambitious districts. Over 2,500 aviation jobs open each year in Texas, and North Texas alone has more than 300 industry employers, including Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport. Fort Worth ISD, Northwest ISD and Birdsville ISD have […]

December 14, 2012 is a day of tragedy that claimed the lives of 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Victoria Soto, a 27-year-old first grade teacher who died trying to protect her students, has been honored by her hometown of Stratford, Connecticut, with the a newly constructed […]