Kindergarten teacher: ‘There is a good possibility I will be fired but…’ (update)
A teacher is refusing to give her students a standardized test. Here's why -- and what her superintendent thinks.
Education Dept. offers 9/11 teaching materials — but won’t guarantee their accuracy
Read the disclaimer on the materials list.
Long Island high school requires students to wear IDs, sign in and out of bathroom
Kids have to wear ID cards all the time too at Northport High.
Bill Gates wants your kids to learn history this way — and he’s paying to get it into schools
The course is already in a lot of schools.
Michelle Obama’s shout-out to Khan Academy
The Obama administration keeps expressing its admiration for Sal Khan.
Anti-testing movement growing, finding success around country
Numerous states have cut back on tests and/or consequences of high-stakes exams.
Why kids should choose their own books to read in school
Education policymakers and school officials seem to have forgotten that children learn to read by reading.