A puppeteer's show was part of an effort to expand arts education in Houston elementary and middle schools. Now, a new study shows that the initiative helped students in a few ways: boosting students' compassion for their classmates, lowering discipline rates and improving students' scores on writing tests.
Montgomery County Public Schools has adopted Eureka Math from Great Minds as its new elementary school math curriculum. Schools will begin using the math curriculum in the 2019-20 school year as part of a three-year roll-out.
Schools Superintendent Jared Cotton released his $477 million operating budget proposal that includes money for raises and starting full-day kindergarten at three schools. He also wants to offer art once a week in elementary schools and create an alternative high school program for at-risk students—something the Virginia city doesn't currently have.
Five years ago, the lack of diversification in the gifted and talented program in Minnesota’s Mankato Area Public Schools illustrated a nationwide problem. African-American, Native American, Latino and low-income students remained severely underrepresented relative to their numbers in the district’s population. In response, administrators overhauled the way they identified high-potential learners, drawing on research into […]
Nap time has significant academic benefits for preschool and kindergarten students, according to recent research funded by the National Science Foundation.
A panel commissioned by Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the city to adopt a sweeping measure to address entrenched segregation in education. It would create diversity targets for all 1,800 schools so that their population reflects the racial and economic makeup of the surrounding areas.
