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Students learn math and science with Legos Carrying a small motorized Lego car in his hands, sixth-grader Jordan Mewes burst into the classroom, calling excitedly to his two teammates sitting patiently amongst a sea of Legos. Read more... Middle-schoolers get reality check After making his monthly house payment, buying food, and paying his utility bills, Oscar Gomez – a farmer – had only $8 left for the month to pay for his car, child care, and clothing. Read more... Middle-schoolers get reality check After making his monthly house payment, buying food, and paying his utility bills, Oscar Gomez – a farmer – had only $8 left for the month to pay for his car, child care, and clothing. Read more... Students put Operation Twinkie into action for soldiers SOUTH HOLLAND | When students found out what soldiers in Iraq want, they sprang into action Read more... Chicago schools punching up its foreign language programs in the name of globalism Arabic and Chinese studies to be expanded, Russian to debut at Roosevelt High Read more... SD 124 to offer before-school and after-school program A before- and after-school program will be offered to families in Evergreen Park School District 124 at the start of the 2008-09 school year. Read more... Clinton high school, elementary students interact in pilot program On a sunny morning at Webster Elementary School, visitors strolling along the sidewalk next to the school paused to watch a kickball game. Read more... Milton wants similar curricula for high schools All three public high schools in Springfield will look very much alike next fall, following the same schedule, dividing up into "learning communities" and pushing more students to be ready for college. Read more... Students to compete in math-athon Math students at Richard Ira Jones Middle School are participating in a math-athon for the fourth consecutive year to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Read more... City students off to tour the future Terran Williams hopes to own and operate his own restaurant one day, a down-home place that serves "just about everything," he said. Read more... Technology helps teachers track students' reading abilities Taylor, perched on a child-sized chair atop a rug of bright, primary-colored blocks, holds a handmade flashcard in front of Sheila's face. Read more... Rockford School Board to huddle today on truancy The district is under fire for rising chronic absences. Read more... CPS students fail to navigate college maze STUDY | Applications, financial aid forms, costs thwart dreams Read more... Truancy quarrel aimed at hallways Officials wonder if students who are late to class should be cited. Read more... Students learn recipe for entrepreneurship Fourth grader Will Springer wanted to know how Laura Harbaugh decides to raise or lower the prices at her South Illinois Avenue restaurant. Read more... Conference to teach R.I. students about finding balance More than 200 Rock Island high school and junior high students are expected Saturday for the fourth annual Youth Conference at Alleman High School, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Rock Island. Read more... Students' grades higher in single-sex classes First-semester results also show less trouble, better attendance Read more... Feds say CPS lets down kids learning English COURT FILING | Cite failure to provide services in native language Read more... SD 124 to buy new science books for fall Elementary school students and teachers in Evergreen Park School District 124 will use a new series of science text books this fall for the first time in 10 years. Read more... Abstinence as part of sex ed in schools By the time American teenagers reach age 19, 70 percent of them are sexually active, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a nationally recognized authority on sexual health in Washington, D.C. Read more... Election comes alive in Moline classroom They sat in a semi-circle, facing one another and ready to face off on the hot topics debated by today's presidential candidates. Read more... More high school students take a break before college Here's how 18-year-old Whitney Roth spent what would have been her first semester of college: Chopping down weeds in the Amazon, mixing concrete for a rural Bolivian school and learning how to make green chicken, a Peruvian recipe with a lot of cilantro. Read more... Daley's hands-on school plan: add lacrosse ORR HIGH | No detail was too small for mayor in retooling Read more... Sheridan Elementary gets national PTA award A planned week of activities designed to encourage parents to visit their children's schools earned a Bloomington school national recognition. Read more... Rockford School District expansion of gifted student program explored An expansion of Rockford School District gifted education programming could be in the works with district officials exploring a recommendation to create either a first- through eighth-grade or sixth- to 12th-grade gifted school. Read more... Parents, students: Harlem Middle School textbook access lacking Sometimes, 12-year-old Christina Rowell can't help skipping her science homework. Like other students at Harlem Middle School, this seventh-grader doesn't have a science textbook of her own. Read more... BUFFALO GROVE - The new principal at Buffalo Grove High School will come from the school's administrative ranks. Competition lets middle schoolers predict what the ideal next-generation city should look like. Their visions: Green, clean, and full of...indoor water parks? Read more... All-day kindergarten could be a reality in Oak Park next fall as Elementary School District 97 debates whether to open the program in three of its buildings. Educators seek waiver of teen-driving rule Read more... Oak Park District 97 mulls all-day kindergarten 3 sites would get all-day kindergarten Read more... Five high schools receive grants to promote driver safety Five metro-east schools have been awarded state grants designed to help them get a message out to their students: Drive safely or become a statistic. Read more... Decatur schools moving forward with strategic plan goals Decatur schools are moving forward in the implementation of the strategic plan. Read more... Auburn students ask School Board to save small classes Cutting classes that have fewer than 18 students would have a chilling effect on arts and Gifted Academy programs at Auburn High School, sophomore Joy Anderson told Rockford School Board members Tuesday. Read more... Some Maine South High School parents denounce birth-control lesson A freshman biology class unit on birth control has been denounced as inappropriate by some Maine South High School parents who asked school officials to pull the lesson from its curriculum. Read more... State to provide students with ACT prep tests The state will spend $2.4 million to provide free ACT prep tests for every public school 9th and 10th grader, officials said Tuesday, just a few months after they launched an investigation into whether part of the 2007 ACT exam was flawed. Read more... U-46 unveils new rules to assess literacy New literacy assessment guidelines for kindergarten through second grade were outlined Monday night for the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board. Read more... Kids' project out of this world Sci-tech Scene | Stone Academy' s municipal vision Read more... Chapter 10: Only 1 in 5 high school graduates are ready for college High school seniors throughout Illinois are half a year from graduation and college, the culmination of 13 years of public schooling. Read more... Dist. 101 studies ideas for gifted program Although 2007 was a year of mixed results for the Batavia School District's Challenge program, board members expressed their support for the future of the program, which provides specialized instruction for gifted elementary and middle school students in math and language arts. Read more... Innovative math program adds up for St. Louis students It's math time and, for City Academy third-graders Michael Shaw and Laila Elliott that adds up to one thing: It's time to hit the deck. Read more... O'Fallon superintendent named to Department of Defense panel Group to focus on children of troops Read more... New Trier turns to Facebook for leads on students New Trier High School is using information from Facebook in some investigations of students. Read more... Teens, partners cross generational divide High school's partner program bridges the generation divide, giving teenagers and seniors an opportunity to connect Read more... School district buys 50 laptops to increase access Special education teachers will be first to get laptops Read more... No all-day kindergarten for Dist. 203 Costs and lack of space will likely keep Naperville Unit District 203 from adding an all-day kindergarten program to its elementary schools in the near future despite its neighboring district doing so. Read more... Scared of high school? CPS has plan for 8th-graders SUMMER | 3 weeks of orientation may ease transition Read more... District 150 plan cuts truancy Unexcused absences down 14,000 last year compared to previous year Read more... High school leads way for future engineers program that amounts to a four-year pre-engineering curriculum for high school students has kicked off at Pleasant Plains High School. Read more... Upperclassmen help eighth-graders prepare for high school through mentoring program Taylor Little worries that high school classes will be significantly tougher than middle school. Read more... State making English learners take same standardized tests as pros Students new to English will take the same state tests as their English-speaking peers this year Read more... Local students craft panels for AIDS quilt Project brings area schools together Read more... Decatur School District strikes up the band for Family Resource Center grand opening Visitors to the Family Resource Center's grand opening Tuesday were treated to a performance by MacArthur High School's Honor Repertoire Band Read more... Seth Whitman students get case of creepy-crawlies It was difficult to tell if the shrieks from Seth Whitman Elementary School on Tuesday were cries of excitement or sheer terror. Read more... Bilingual program helps students transition into classroom Once a day in Christie Houck's bilingual first-grade class, the kids break up into small groups to work on vocabulary or phonics. Read more... PHS Child Development Class is first high school class to attend NAEYC Convention Students enrolled in the Paris High School Child Development class recently had the special honor of attending the NAEYC Convention in Chicago. Read more...
Local schoolchildren dig learning at Vulcan Earth Science Day. Click here to watch the video! Read more... Education beyond numbers Knoxville High School takes time for chararcter building workshops Read more... Spanish classes threatened For years, parents of Ridgeland School District 122 students have been clamoring for the district to start offering foreign language classes. Read more... New Harlem post's focus: Student achievement Superintendent wants the person who fills the role to be free of administrative hassles. Read more... D-47 focuses on math School District 47 officials could approve new math curriculums as soon as March 2008, but some parents are looking for immediate changes in how their children are taught math. Read more... Challand program helps students advance In the last hour of the school day, the 17 eighth-grade students in Vicki Dunphy's class broke up into small groups to ask each other questions. Read more... District 206 urging students to take more advanced courses Bloom High School District 206 administrators are eyeing a new method of weighing advanced placement courses in hopes of getting more students to pursue more difficult classes. Read more... New school approved for at-risk students Read more... School district plans to expand program for gifted students Plans are under way to expand Decatur schools' gifted services program. Debbie Holeman Shipp, grants administrator for the district, gave a presentation at Tuesday's school board meeting outlining some of the upcoming changes. Read more... Math isn't what it used to be Program teaches multiple approaches Read more... King Gifted 'envy of many' school districts Conrad Cuevas and his classmates were busy Friday writing essays about the extinction of dinosaurs. Read more... Area schools salute veterans Charlie Kinkade piloted the Higgins boat that carried Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to the Normandy beach on D-Day during World War II. Read more... High schools using writing to boost math grades When mobster Fat Tony got shorted a grand shooting craps at a Las Vegas casino, he decided to get even. Read more... Huntley students learn on job http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/11/05/news/local/doc472eb681619a7340269596.txt Read more... Student sit-in gets new twist More schools want children to participate in parent-teacher conferences Read more... Local educators: Improve scores by motivating students Offering more rigorous classes and motivating students are two ways to carry success on standardized tests from elementary school into high school, local educators say. Read more... Before-and-after help yields results 2 schools soar in state rankings Read more... Students get global understanding of environment When fifth-grader Brandon Nickson looks up at the clouds, he knows thousands of children in 109 countries are doing the same thing. Together, they are contributing to scientific research about the environment. Read more... Students study ancient mummies by making one For 15 years, science and health teacher Dan Anderson has taught his Seneca sixth-grade students science while teaching them respect for the dead. He uses scientific fact and one of Egypt's most well-known rituals: mummification. Read more... Reading program helps students CRYSTAL LAKE – A reading program that has been used by School District 47 for more than a decade continues to be a success. Reading Recovery, a program provided at all District 47 elementary schools, primarily serves... Read more... After-school academic enrichment programs get big push from students DECATUR - In one room at Eisenhower High School, Principal April Hicklin huddles with teachers as they go over the game plan for the afternoon. In the cafeteria, sound equipment is set up for performances by local artists. Shortly, students will... Read more... Kids delight in outdoor learning DIXON -Natural wonders, both hidden and visible, were waiting for the nearly 1,200 third-graders who came to Lowell Park Wednesday for some hands-on outdoor education during Outdoor Stewardship Days. Read more... Single-sex education gains favor, students COLUMBIA, S.C. - David Chadwell believes boys and girls can get through the awkward middle school years better when they're separated, learning in classrooms tailored to the learning styles of each sex.... Read more... |
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