Phoenix (AP)--A high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a ...
Fox Sports Community | Posted 11.13.2009 | Sports
The next Shane Battier is going to ... North Carolina. Man, this one has to hurt Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils staff. Coach K...
Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
No one is going to accept a college applicant who writes like a dream about a topic no other applicant thought of if the kid's test scores, GPA, and course profile aren't competitive.
Gordon Campbell | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
What would be the impact if we succeeded in lowering the dropout rate? How much better off will we all be if we succeed in our dropout prevention efforts?
Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.
Vicki Iovine | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
David Letterman is this week's Exhibit A in the ongoing case of Powerful Men v. Sexual Integrity, having climbed over Roman Polanski, who was last week's winner. Congratulations, David.
usatoday.com | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living
Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
The Internet has made online searching for potential colleges much easier but in some respects complicates the process with a world of choices. Two organizations are trying to solve this problem.
Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
Why do we take as a given that membership in a group should depend on being broken, demeaned and humiliated?
AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Police say a teacher has been stabbed to death at a high school in Texas.
Tyler police spokesman Don Martin says the male teacher was stabbed around 9 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities have taken a juvenile into custody after the attack at John Tyler High School.
No other details were immediately released. Martin referred further questions to the school spokeswoman, who did not immediately return messages left by The Associated Press.
Tyler is located about 95 miles southeast of Dallas.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living
I've been right where you're standing, waiting outside the college counselor's office for that first appointment of your child's senior year, trying and failing to balance absolute pride and abject panic. Let me clarify one thing before you get started: From here on in, nothing is as it seems.
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
The partisan dynamics currently at play on Capitol Hill resemble a high school full of cliques, power differentials, and image-conscious participants more than a democratic problem-solving body.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Whenever your preteen or teenage kid has screwed up, teaching them a lesson after the fact isn't exactly the easiest task.
Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.
cnn.com | Matt Cherry | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
The study from the University of Illinois suggests dealing with classmate put-downs can make it harder for good students to learn and make it more dif...
AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
Through the early 1990s and early 2000s, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam moved steadily upward. Now, for the last five years, they've ...
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Can you imagine yourself as a really, really old person? I'm talking really old, like 100 years or beyond? In fact it's not only possible you could ...
Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
The US and China recognize that promoting mutual understanding between young people will lay the groundwork for a strong bilateral relationship during the next half-century and beyond.
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living
I watch [NYC Prep] purely for the entertainment value it offers, but I've become upset with how the series devalues community service; it's used merely as a pawn to ensure entry into an elite school.
Deanna Neil | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York
No soap. Not even a dispenser. Enraged, I walked out into the hall. There, standing in perfect contrast, was a laminated poster explaining each step of how to properly wash your hands.
Victoria Cruz | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York
For the past 3 years in Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, I felt comfortable, not only because I am a female that likes the same gender (lesbian,) but my girlfriend Deoine and I were chosen as the "Best Couple" for our senior class.
Associated Press | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)-- Health class will no longer be a state requirement for high school students this fall, making Texas one of the few states in the ...
Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York
The city boasts that nearly two-thirds of high school students graduated on time in 2008. But are the standards for graduating so low that the diplomas are meaningless, as skeptics claim?
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
For someone that spent most of the last 10 years working on this problem it is discouraging to see the grad rate dip this low.
Mike Piscal | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
High school success needs to be tied to student performance on the SATs, and our high schools should be incentivized to take these additional measurements seriously.
Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver