Tennessee County Uses Incentive Program to Boost Attendance
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Shelby County Schools in Tennessee have started an attendance campaign called Represent Every Day, which is a new effort to improve attendance following last year’s approach that saw little positive impact. Jennifer Pignolet writes for The Commercial Appeal that attendance last year in the district increased More...
Productivity is the Key to Wages and Growth
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) By Michael A. MacDowell Concerns about stagnate wage growth are driving much of today’s political discussion. However, few of the many comments made about wages have focused More...
Study Looks At Link Between Teacher Attractiveness and Learning
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A recent psychological study says its findings support claims that physical attractiveness in an instructor can play a positive role in students’ learning. Conducted by a team More...
Charity Report: UK Gov’t Doesn’t Do Enough to Prevent Obesity
(Photo: iStock) As schools in the United Kingdom welcome their students, new data by Slimming World’s charity partner, Cancer Research UK, shows that 57,100 children are graduating from primary school with More...
CA District of Choice Ending as Students, Schools Adjust
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A school choice program in California is set to come to an end, resulting in thousands of students being forced to change school districts, millions of dollars in budget cuts, More...
Scholastic India: Kids Prefer Reading Books They Choose
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) International children’s publishing company Scholastic, Inc. has released the findings from its Kids & Family Reading Report, India Edition, a national survey of More...
Pennsylvania Moves to Monitor Virtual Charter Schools
(Photo: Free Stock Photos, Creative Commons) Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced the creation of a new division within the state department specifically meant to make improvements to charter schools More...
Salesforce Invests in STEM Education for SF, Oakland Schools
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Salesforce.org, the philanthropic foundation of cloud computing/customer relationship management company Salesforce.com, has announced it will donate $ 8.5 million to public More...
HHS Awards Funds for Drug Prevention, Recovery School Efforts
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $ 53 million in funding to a total of 44 states, as well as four tribes and the District of Columbia, in an effort More...
Obama Administration Offers Head Start Overhaul
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The Obama administration has released a major overhaul of the federal Head Start program that reduces the number of requirements while at the same time expanding the program to More...