Elementary Schools

School Spells Own Name Wrong For 9 Years

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.10.2012

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Sunrise-McMillan Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, has made an embarrassing correction after nine years: the spelling of its name, NBC Dallas-Fo...

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Arts Education On The Decline At Schools Nationwide

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.02.2012

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MIAMI -- Elementary schools without drama classes. High schools with large numbers of poor students that do not offer music. Those are two of the ble...

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You Don't Mess With Mr. Byng: A Two Minute Story

Steve Saylor | Posted 05.28.2012

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Steve Saylor

We are all busy humans living out our daily lives and it is hard to sit down and actually read a full-length book. With that in mind, here is a quick ...

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Junk Foods Widely Available At Elementary Schools, Study Shows

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 02.06.2012

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CHICAGO -- Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. ...

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Teacher Goes To Extreme Measures To Keep Kids From Going To Bathroom

Posted 01.18.2012

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Rewarding young students with stickers for a job well done on school assignments is commonplace, but one New York school is doling out those coveted p...

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Slavery Math Worksheet Sparks Parent Protest, District Investigation

Posted 03.11.2012

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Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers inv...

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School Under Fire For Slavery In School Worksheet

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

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Parents of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Ga., are outraged at the school district's response to the reports of using example...

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Still Full of Life, 114-Year-Old Philadelphia School Faces Closure

| Benjamin Herold and Jessica Kourkounis | Posted 02.15.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook and WHYY's Newsworks. Isaac A. Sheppard Elementary School, now 114 years...

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Is Unequal Opportunity Created By Students Themselves?

Posted 02.06.2012

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Disparities in success among students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds and communities have long been attributed to the resources available to t...

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Ex-Porn Star's School Appearance Caused By Misinformation?

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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COMPTON, Calif. -- Officials of a California school system plan to meet with the agent who schedules celebrity guests to read to children after some p...

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$40 Million Worth Of New Schools Closed In 3 Districts For Miscalculations

Dayton Daily News | Lucas Sullivan, Margo Rutledge Kissell, Megan Gildow-Anthony | Posted 10.14.2011

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U.S. Students Bad At History? Error-Filled Textbooks Might Be Why

Posted 09.28.2011

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Revised editions of two history textbooks in Virginia that were found to be erroneous last fall will be taken to universities across Virginia for publ...

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Want to Raise Test Scores? Teach Science

Robert Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Schwartz

The shame of the whole thing, as I've seen in some of the highest performing urban schools and districts -- integrating science into the rest of the curriculum produces higher test scores.

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How to Support Your Community Library

Mallika Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mallika Chopra

Library visits are higher than ever before. Due to the ongoing recession, more people are going to libraries to enjoy books, music and movies for free. But funding for them lags more than ever.

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The Great Divide: No Appetite For Change At Elementary Schools

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Dunkin' Donuts, Food Safety, Suburbia, Junk Food, Elementary Schools, Health, Healthy Living News
Tina Traster

Why is no one paying attention to foods disseminated at birthday parties or on special occasions in classrooms at public elementary schools?

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