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Cash Grants Allow Cutting Edge Science Experiments in UK Schools
Schools are being encouraged by the UK's top scientific body to bring cutting edge science into the classroom. Projects, funded by the Royal Society,...
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
Phillies Player Makes $1.2 Million Donation in Apparel To Local Schools
Philadelphia baseball star Ryan Howard is helping students in 57 city high schools to dress for success -- in athletics.
The first baseman -- who...
Big Move: Chicago Schools To Buy Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Big news this week on several fronts: against the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and for healthier food for school children. The Chicago Public...
People Magazine Names Superintendent of Tornado-Ravaged Joplin Schools a 2011 Hero
For his herculean efforts to reopen schools buildings after five were destroyed by a May 22 tornado, Superintendent C.J. Huff has been honored as...
Cash-strapped California Schools Seek Savings Through Solar
California budget cuts are causing school districts to find ways to save cash. Instead of laying off teachers, some have invested in solar panels...
8,000 Afghan Schools Built So Far, 13 More Over Next 6 Months
The Afghanistan Minister of Education, Dr. Farooq Wardak, has been very busy since taking office three years ago. More than 8,000 school buildings have...
Poor Schools Revamp Cafeterias Joining Trend Toward Fresh Cooking
The idea of making school lunches better and healthier has not taken hold for many poor and struggling districts, but a city in Colorado...
Students and Post-it Notes Help Schools Cut Their Energy Bills
Simple yellow Post-it notes with the message “When not in use, turn off the juice,” pointedly left on classroom computers, printers and air-conditioners, have...
Arab Country Donates $500,000 to Help Joplin Schools to Reopen After Tornado Disaster
A $500,00 gift from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates to spend on laptops is the latest donation aimed at helping tornado-damaged Joplin,...
Jamie Oliver Persuades L.A. Schools To Ban Flavored Milks
Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef turned school lunch crusader, has been lobbying for years against flavored milks that contain more sugar per ounce than...
Taliban Ready to Lift Ban on Girls’ Schools, says Afghan Official
According to the Afghanistan education minister, the Taliban's leadership is prepared to drop its ban on girls' schools, having undergone an "attitudinal and cultural...
Business Schools Embracing Do-gooders With Degree Programs
The popular image of students in modern-day business schools dreaming of pinstriped suits and spreadsheets is increasingly being turned on its head. Many students...
Facebook Boss Gives $100 Million to Newark City Schools
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, has agreed to donate $100 million to the chronically troubled public schools in the city of Newark. As...
Schools Turn to Solar and Wind for Energy Savings and Profit
While three Illinois school districts have formed the School Wind Consortium to provide power and generate income, one California elementary school joins a growing...
Walmart Donates 1.2 Million to Put Solar Power on Schools
Schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Minneapolis and Seattle will receive solar panel arrays paid for by the Walmart Foundation. The grant...
Green Charter Schools Teach by Using Natural World
Housed in a refurbished 19th-century brick silk mill, the Seven Generations Charter School, a kindergarten-through-fourth-grade elementary school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is one of many...
Schools Recycle More Than 48,000 Pounds of Beverage Cans to Win Awards
School kids demonstrated a "can-do" attitude in this season's Aluminum Can Recycling National School Challenge. 133 schools, representing more than 70,000 students, joined with...
Schools Recycle Milk Cartons
Dozens of schools in Massachusetts are benefitting from a milk carton recycling program that cuts down on waste disposal costs and empowers students...
Grocer Gives $20 Million for Catholic Schools
An 80-year-old grocery magnate is donating $20 million to help train teachers for Catholic schools and universities. Patrick Roche, 80,...