This is one of the most inspirational stories I've seen in quite some time. There is a middle school in Atlanta, Georgia called the Ron Clark Academy. It has a very unique approach to teaching...
Everything You Think You Know About How To Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Is Wrong (VIDEO)
Liberal America
Quick quiz: what's the best way to prevent child sexual abuse?
It's devastating to think about, something no parent or loved one would ever want to consider. And yet thinking about how to prevent it is one...
A complaint among many high school graduates is that schools don't offer courses in financial literacy that help new grads navigate in the real world. Low income.org reports that are changing for one Durham, North Carolina...
Tests can be stressful for students. Some people even have a form of "test anxiety" that may influence how they do on an exam. But one thing is certain: You have to give the answers...
Sometimes I am so proud to be from Massachusetts.
OK, so the whole Mitt Romney thing was kind of cringe-worthy. I agree completely.
But now we have Senator Elizabeth Warren, outspoken critic of Trump and his minions....
An Arkansas history teacher violated all the educational standards when he forced his students to watch Mel Gibson's 2004 "gorno masterpiece," The Passion of the Christ. He has been suspended as a result.
According to regional CBS-affiliate THV11,...
A study by the Guttmacher Institute has revealed that sex education in the U.S. is dangerously lacking, and even shockingly non-factual and non-scientific in many cases.
Many states don't require any type of sex education in...
Ben Carson Wants To Use The Department of Education To Violate Your First Amendment Rights
Amanda Oliver
The more I hear from Ben Carson, the more terrified I become of the harm he would cause as our President. I try to give everyone a fair chance, but when you say things like Muslims...
The latest entry in this year's edition of "Fraternities Behaving Badly" comes from North Carolina State University. The school's chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has some serious explaining to do after the discovery of...
The Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly may have set the standard for legislative pettiness and vindictiveness last year. When Charlotte passed an ordinance giving transgender individuals the right to use the bathroom matching their...
As if getting a degree wasn't hard enough. Trump wants to add more obstacles, but only for people with certain majors. He wants to make it harder for liberal-arts majors to get student loans.
Sam Clovis,...
President Trump and his utterly unqualified Secretary of Education are both huge supporters of school vouchers. Like other voucher fans, Betsy DeVos believes that by providing financial support to families, the government is giving them...
An Annenberg Public Policy Center has revealed that only 36 percent of Americans can name all three branches of the U.S. federal government -- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial -- and 35 percent ?could not name...
Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury’s inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451.
If not, briefly, it’s a story about a future America in which books are banned, and...
Almost every school year, Ann Arbor's Haisley Elementary School Teacher Cedric York instructs students in his fifth-grade class to write to prominent leaders from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Mr. York and his students have...
Have you ever had that one teacher who you'll never forget? Check out these brilliant educators. With teachers like this, school would never be boring.
h/t Buzzfeed
High School Students In Charlotte Asked About Chance That A Child Would Inherit Mom’s ‘Big Bootie’
Darrell Lucus
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The latest entry in the "what were they thinking?" department comes from a high school in my hometown of Charlotte, NC. On November 13, some biology students at Ardrey Kell High School got...
A middle school vice principal in California has been suspended for a racist comment captured on a student's smart phone.
Originally posted on YouTube, the video shows a student at Scandinavian Middle School, in Fresno, ask...
When West Point held its graduation ceremony this week, one cadet was overcome with emotion.
The image of Second Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache went viral after it was posted on Instagram. The young officer stood for the...
Imagine receiving a letter of acceptance to a college, but then finding out it was a mistake. Carnegie Mellon University is the latest big-name school to commit this faux pas. Johns Hopkins made this cringe-worthy...