An Outside-In Effort to Help Poor Students Achieve

"Promise' program tests premise that what happens outside class can help breed success."

The Emergence of E-Mentoring

"Over the past 10 years, 25,000 struggling students from poverty-stricken schools have gotten guidance, encouragement and advice from volunteer mentors. And they haven't met face-to-face even once."

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Study: No Negative Impact From E-Readers

"A comparison of reading texts on paper with reading from an e-book found no disadvantages associated with the electronic version, European researchers say."

Education Makes a Political Comeback in Washington

"Long on the political sidelines, education is making a comeback in Washington, driven in large part by Democrats."

Troubled Kid Becomes Principal

"'I'm an assistant principal at the school that expelled me. I left 15 years ago in a police car,' he said about the day he pointed a toy gun at another driver who turned out to be an off-duty police officer."

Punishments Handed Down in Atlanta School Cheating Scandal

"Three administrators in the public school system here have had their certificates revoked as punishment for changing answers on students standardized tests. Georgia's Professional Standards Commission issued punishments Thursday to 11 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. Eight teachers received a two-year suspension of their teaching certificates."

Dealing With Gay Students, Bullying in Very Different Ways

"One school district bars teachers from taking a position on homosexuality. A nearby district is reaching out to LGBT students to stem bullying."

How China is Winning the School Race

"China's education performance - at least in cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong - seems to be as spectacular as the country's breakneck economic expansion, outperforming many more advanced countries."

Report Shows Minority Students Suspended at Higher Rates

"U.S. public schools suspend black, Hispanic and disabled students at much higher rates than others, according to a new report by a Colorado-based civil rights group."

Should We Rethink Our Anti-Bullying Strategy?

". . .some experts are questioning whether the research and new legislation aimed at ending bullying is getting at the heart of the problem."

Rethinking Pre-K: 5 Ways to Fix Preschool

"The vast majority of states are not required to offer preschool, and some states have no pre-K programs at all. Many of the states that have long championed preschool still decide from year to year how many children get to attend, and the waiting lists of qualified kids are long — and sad."

South Korea and Education

"Andrew Kim, who teaches English at a Seoul cram school, believes South Korea's educational system isn't quite right."