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Quiet Time Program Brings Radical Improvement To Schools Worldwide
There are hundreds of rowdy at-risk youth in low-income schools that face higher rates of anxiety, stress, and violence in their lives, but when...
Dad Recycles Old Crayons Into New Ones for Schools, Hospitals and Art Programs
No young artist can resist the crisp, new box of crayons that back-to-school season so often brings, but not every little artist has access to them.
When...
Federer Builds 50 New Preschools in Africa, Mobbed by Kids on First Visit (WATCH)
Some of Roger Federer’s biggest—and youngest—fans are probably too tiny to know about his victories on the tennis court–and too touched by poverty to...
When Women Were Banned From Medical Schools, Elizabeth Blackwell Started Her Own
Elizabeth Blackwell was determined to go to medical school, but family and friends who were physicians advised her to give up–women in the 1800s...
Taylor Swift Donates Proceeds From New Song to NYC Public Schools
Taylor Swift wrote "Welcome to New York," the opening song on her new LP, to describe the thrill of moving to New York City's Tribeca...
VA High Schools Push Back Start Time to Give Teens More Sleep
Students in 22 high schools in the largest county in Virginia will get extra sleep next fall under a new plan approved this week...
With No Aerospace Schools in South Sudan Youth Builds His Own Plane
Despite the conflict in South Sudan a 23-year-old is teaching himself aeronautics and building an airplane with local parts he finds and brings home...
24 New York City Schools Set for Solar Panels
New York City Mayor de Blasio announced today the funding of 24 installations as part of the administration’s new green buildings plan, tripling the...
Guam Schools See Dramatic Decline in Bullying as Students Lead
"Schools in Guam say there has been a massive decline in the number of reported bullying cases in the past four years," reports ABC...
3,456 Schools Get New Salad Bars
8.4 million dollars have been raised so far in the Salad Bars to Schools initiative.
Since its launch in 2010, the partnership has granted 3,456 salad bars to...
Zuckerberg and Wife Give $120 Million to Public Schools
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to help public schools in underserved communities through their foundation, Startup: Education.
In...
8-year-old Raises Money for Guatemala Schools
Eight-year-old Marissa Alterio’s appeal in front of the congregation of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church affected one parishioner so much that he walked up to...
Local Teacher Was Secret Millionaire Who Left Half Million to the Schools
Her neighbors just learned that the former first grade teacher who lived up the street in Simsbury, Connecticut and died recently at 87, amassed...
Kindness Spreads as More Schools Vote for Special Kids at Homecoming
In Tucson, Arizona, the idea is spreading to elect special teens into the Homecoming Courts at school dances. Mountain View High School followed in...
New Program Gives Vets Jobs, Makes Schools Safer
Many returning soldiers are struggling to find employment but the program Troops to Teachers offers a chance for a rewarding career that utilities leadership...
Cops Do Their Routine Paperwork at Schools, a Cheap Way to Add Security
Inspired to bolster school security by the December shooting inside Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, deputies in Douglas County are voluntarily doing their paperwork...
New York Students Provide Truckload of Supplies to Schools in Afghanistan
School supplies traveled 7,800 miles from New York to Afghanistan after students from Windsor Central High School collected more than 70 boxes for the...
(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....
Boy Rallies Restaurants to Recycle Used Crayons for Schools in Need
After a family dinner at a local Outback Steakhouse, Yoni Kalin noticed the waiters tossing into the trash small packs of crayons given out...
$83 million for High Schools in 2010 Means Fewer Kids Failing and in Trouble Today
Students at Detroit area high schools have become confident readers thanks to a corrective reading class for students who have trouble decoding words. Freshman...