In the ten years since the launch of No Child Left Behind, these efforts have intensified. The results have been unimpressive. Graduation rates continue to falter and students and teachers alike are becoming more disaffected. So what's the real problem here?
People like Ebony come in everyone's life for a reason. For me, she serves as an inspiration to continue to fight for the youth in my community and worldwide.
It is imperative that we start treating all children the same by giving them equal opportunity to maximize their full potential. We cannot reduce poverty if we continue to relegate our kids to low expectations.
A group of 40 volunteers led by Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 Superintendent Cynthia Wilson went door-to-door throughout the South Carolin...
Something that really made a difference in my life was having the support from my teacher and mentors at Central High School. Maybe if more young people had supportive adults around them then they wouldn't give up so easily.
The idea that strong relationships impact student success shouldn't be anything new to educators. But the implication -- that race, background and gender are not destiny, and that focused interventions produce tangible results -- is enormous.
Why Our High Schools Need the Arts provides arts advocates with the substantial ammunition we need to secure a permanent place for the arts in schools.
Detroit is being called the epicenter of the urban public education crisis. At City Year Detroit, young adult leaders are helping turn around the very real dropout crisis.
It's graduation season. High school seniors will be getting diplomas, tossing caps into the air. But many students don't make it that far and drop out...
Looking to make a difference for young people in a Chicago neighborhood riddled with gang violence, Rob and Amy Castaneda founded "Beyond The Ball," a...
Students at Santa Monica High School play Dream Leader, a board game designed to challenge kids to think longer range than the next two minutes and have fun while doing it.
Latinos have the highest high school dropout rates and the lowest college attendance rates of all racial/ethnic groups, making Judge Sotomayor's biography all the more inspiring.