As many early education programs shift towards decreasing play and increasing academic instruction, start ups like Tinkergarten hope to preserve the importance of meaningful play in young learners.
STEM learning will likely continue to be a focus in school, afterschool and college prep curriculums. However, there are strong voices from education experts saying that the arts are not an option but a must. Can arts lessons and programs... 09/15/2015 - 10:21am ago
While we all may be familiar with our local Parent-Teacher Association that helps advocate and fundraise for our school's needs, many of us don't know much about how the national PTA lobbies for schools throughout our country on a state... 09/15/2015 - 2:02pm ago
According to University of Virginia education professor Benjamin Castleman, not only do text messages have a place in education, but they also might be a solution to boosting student achievement.
Seattle teachers will return to the classroom and school will resume tomorrow after successful negotiations with Seattle Schools ended a week-long strike that kept 53,000 children in Washington's largest school district home.
New York City mayor Bill De Blasio announced that within ten years all of the city's public school students will be required to take computer science courses to respond to the needs of the city's growing technology sector.
Many schools are reporting financial woes as a result of new federal nutrition rules pushed by The Agriculture Department in response to First Lady Michelle Obama's efforts to fight childhood obesity by promoting healthier choices in... 09/17/2015 - 10:16am ago
Microsoft's Satya Nadella announced that the company will be the latest tech giant to help support computer science education for youth by pledging $75 million to the cause over the next three years.
Support continues for Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old high school student in Texas who was handcuffed and arrested for making a homemade clock that his teachers mistook for a bomb despite his assurance otherwise.
This week in evolution and climate change, the people over at the National Center for Science Education talk discouraging textbooks on climate change, a startling find of human species remains and how marsupials help explain ancient... 09/17/2015 - 11:38am ago
ExplorOcean of Southern California has unveiled a pontoon boat to add to its non-profit literacy center that will help students study and understand marine life outside of the classroom.
A study from researchers at Cambridge University Press and Lancaster University comparing spoken English today with recordings from 1990 has revealed that education is twice as likely to be discussed now than it was then.
Many are calling "The Math Arrow" poster and its supplementary apps a revolutionary way to teach students math with its update to the traditional number line.
House Republicans have just passed a bill through the House Ways and Means committee that, should it be approved by the full House, will make the nation's teachers eligible for a tax credit of up to $250 for purchasing their own supplies.
Year after year, back-to-school season often stirs up conversations about school dress code and what is appropriate for students to wear in the classroom.
More than a million people in communities across the country will be participating in the 16th annual Lights On for Afterschool, the only national rally for afterschool programs.