January 29, 2016 At least 179 sickened after apparent gas leak at Texas middle school At least 179 students and staff members at a southeast Texas middle school received hospital treatment after an apparent carbon monoxide leak, authorities said Thursday.
January 28, 2016 Raccoon attacks 6-year-old boy before bystander kills the animal The mother of a 6-year-old boy in New Jersey says she's grateful that a man raced into action to kill a raccoon that was attacking the child.
January 18, 2016 Why Gifted Children Can Slip through the Cracks There's little standardization in identifying these students. Guess who suffers?
December 20, 2015 DC considers ban on American Indian nicknames The D.C. Council will consider banning racially based nicknames for public schools in the nation's capital.
December 20, 2015 Chinese spend thousands persuading US schools to promote their language, culture In the past decade, the Chinese have opened hundreds of institutes and classrooms in universities, high schools and even elementary schools in the United States and around the world in an attempt to teach Chinese language, culture and to increase cultural understanding. But, as Watchdog.org reported in October, a growing number of academics caution the institutes are propaganda arms of the Chinese government.
December 2, 2015 Newtown residents relieved by school's demolition Neighbors of the elementary school where 20 children and six adults were shot dead last year expressed relief as workers tore down parts of it on Friday.
December 1, 2015 Alabama teen suspended after opting out of standardized test An Alabama teen says she was suspended from school after she refused to take a local assessment test, contrary to an earlier report from WAAY-TV that the test was aligned with the state's Common Core curriculum.
November 28, 2015 Military bases open their doors to home-schoolers A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids.
November 22, 2015 Parents rail against 'ridiculous' Common Core math homework An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil."
November 21, 2015 New York school children put rat poison in teacher’s water, police say Two school kids were arrested Tuesday for putting rat poison in their teacher’s water bottle in a Brooklyn classroom, sources told The New York Post.