In the olden days, boys and girls received very different educations They were segregated from each other, and pursued learning that was predetermined as “appropriate” for their sex...

Orange County Schools in California released state tests scores with the announcement that scores had risen for the fifth straight year in a row...

For several years now Minneapolis Public Schools have been emphasizing the need for students to have a choice in which school they attend...

Pressure, pressure, pressure Students in all grades can be under an enormous amount of pressure to succeed while in school...

Without students, a school is nothing but four walls and teachers with nothing to do Students give the school purpose, and funding to pay those teachers, administrators and janitors...

Starting school year 2007-2008 all students of Nashville Schools will have to wear standard attire As one can imagine, the move was not made without protest, but the school board is determined that this will be the directive for all metropolitan Nashville Schools for the foreseeable future...

As the largest school district in the nation, with over a million students, the New York City Public Schools face a mammoth task...

New Orleans Schools are, for the first time, reporting improvement since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city...

Every city in every state in this nation has a homeless population These are people who are “down on their luck”...

Schools come up with action plans every day In fact, the Milwaukee Schools recently announced the adoption of an action plan that is designed to make its students competitive with some of the best schools in the country...

It is important when considering a move to a new city or state to know as much about the schools as possible...

Being a parent of a school aged child has never been an easy task And with all the choices facing young people these days, the job is getting even harder...

Did you ever need a little extra help with a school subject At some point or another, almost all of us have...

When I was in high school, I attended the only high school our town had A one-high school town, our school was home to every 14-18 year old in residence...

Who cares about comparing schools After all, the experts are constantly advising parents NOT to compare their children to each other, their cousins, friends, and neighbors...

An article about the various summer programs available to students in Virginia Public Schools was written recently...

Ah, Detroit While the smell of rubber and welding may no longer emanate through the air in this city of automotive manufacturing, the schools are still working to keep production up; the production of well-educated, successful members of society...

Students attending Texas Public Schools have many choices They literally have a plethora of magnet programs to choose from...

Houston Schools families who have children who are identified as “gifted” or “talented” academically face unique problems...

The necessity to assess students is irrefutable In fact, a lot of people believe that formal assessments are the only way to tell how a student is progressing, and teachers feel pressured to teach to the test...

Chicago public schools have been going through a transformation designed to take the district’s mammoth high schools and turn them into more intimate, student-focused environments...

Like all of the public schools in Ohio the Columbus Public Schools have a low graduation rate for its students...

Cleveland Public Schools have gotten a lot of press lately for both their dismal college graduation rates and their innovative small schools transformation...

No one can deny that it is important for parents to be involved in their child’s education It is a widely known and rarely disputed fact that kids whose parents are involved in their child’s school do better than those whose parents are not...

School choice isn’t always an easy thing to have I sometimes wish that my kids were born and raised in one district where we had never had to make the tough decisions about where to live, whether to use the magnet systems, if private schools are worth the money…But one thing I’ve noticed about the Charlotte Mecklenburg schools system is that there are a lot of northern transplants- like myself...

Most people would agree that most change is for the better Leaders of Baltimore County Public Schools hold this belief in relation to improving the 180 schools and 82,000 students they serve...

Awards always reflect high achievement and excellence Winning an award or “just being nominated” for one is a huge boost to one’s ego...

Teaching a child to read is the foremost goal of any school Some would say it’s the most important thing anyone will ever learn; this is most definitely true...

A mix of political power and extreme poverty, the Washington DC Public Schools face a struggle that epitomizes the state of education in this country...

Every year the North Central Association evaluates Several St Louis Schools seeking accreditation...