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Teacher Helps Injured Embarrassed Student Fit In
Six-year-old Brantley Rogers severely injured his eye last week and was nervous about returning to class with an eye patch.
But his Jacksonville, Florida kindergarten...
Youth Robotics Club Helps Paralyzed Cat
Nine-month-old Flipper the kitten was born with a twisted spine that makes it impossible for him to stand up -- or walk about without...
Three Pennsylvania Classmates Get Perfect SAT Scores
Three students from Montgomery County, Pa., accomplished something extremely rare -- they all scored a perfect score of 2400 on their SAT. And what's...
High School Graduation Rate at a Four-decade High for U.S.
The percentage of students at public high schools who graduate on time has reached its highest level in nearly 40 years, according to the...
Australia University Develops “World’s First” Positive-Centered Dorms
About 550 University of Wollongong students will have their well-being - as well as their academic performance - catered to when they move into...
College Basketball Star Saves Wheelchair-using Fan From Crowd
North Carolina State may have upset top-ranked Duke over the weekend, but the real play of the game came after the victory when Wolfpack...
After Fighting To Go To School, Young Pakistani Woman Builds Her Own
For three years, while she attended middle school in another part of Karachi, Humaira Bachal's father had no idea what his daughter was doing....
Entire School Given Free Bikes for Proving Poverty No Match for a Great Principal
Tom Shadyac, the director of blockbuster comedies like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, became famous for giving up his riches in favor of a...
“LandFillHarmonic” Orchestra Plays With Instruments Made of Trash
In Paraguay there is a town essentially built atop a landfill where adults pick through the latest heaps of trash for sellable goods and...
Tribute to Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck died Wednesday -- a day before his ninety-second birthday. He was best known for his 1959 album "Time...
Google Gives $23 Million To 7 Charities for High Tech Innovations
Asserting that nonprofits now lag behind industry in technological innovation due to lack of funding, Google unveiled its remedy yesterday. It announced $23 million...
Catholic Bishop Builds Peace Between Jews and Arabs in Israel
In contrast to what the news media portrays as a hopeless situation in the Middle East, there is an Arab village in northern Israel,...
From Dog Fighting to Prison Pup to Famous Therapy Dog
As Michele Pich took hold of the dog’s leash, the prisoner handed it to her but with one request. “Please, just promise me that...
Young People Cheating Less These Days, Report Finds
Cheating, lying and stealing among American students are all less prevalent nowadays, according to a new report.
The 2012 "Report Card on the Ethics of...
Teacher Brings Yoga to Juveniles Behind Bars
Leslie Booker began her career in the fashion industry but exchanged the runway for a juvenile detention center in the Bronx. As a dedicated...
Alec Baldwin Helps Neighbors, Lifts Spirits of NYU Dorm Evacuees
New York Universtiy alum Alec Baldwin, whose home in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood also lost power on Tuesday, walked room-to-room visiting students who had...
Extinct in the Wild, Toad Makes a Comeback
The thumbnail-sized golden colored Kihansi Spray Toad, only discovered by scientists in 1996, was officially declared Extinct in the Wild by the International Union...
Girl, 14, is America’s Top Young Scientist: Her Solar-Powered Jug Cleans Water
A 14-year-old New York student was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for inventing a solar-powered water jug that changes dirty water into purified drinking...
US Teen Drinking and Driving Rate Cut in Half Over Last Two Decades
The percentage of US high school students who drink and drive has dropped by more than half in two decades, according to the latest...
(Not McDonald’s) One Billion Meals Served by India Charity in Schools
For the past 12 years, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has served cooked food to nearly 1.4 million children in government schools across the India....