Smaller classes could help bridge the gap between home and school, writes former teacher Marc Vincenti.

2024-25 Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will give a presentation and performance, “Improvising a Life,” at Penn State Shenango in the Shenango Auditorium at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will visit Penn State Altoona, Beaver, Shenango and Behrend the week of Sept. 16 for class visits, performances and workshops. It will be the first leg of her tour across the commonwealth during the 2024–25 academic year.

Blaming teachers unions for all the ills afflicting public schools does not stand up to scrutiny.

In the wake of the 'Janus' Supreme Court case, teachers' unions are facing more than a dozen legal challenges backed by right-leaning groups that could further dampen their membership numbers and finances.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., made her first policy pitch on the campaign trail Saturday: A new federal program to boost teacher pay.

A leadership program for young Black men looks to confront racism in law enforcement. Corey Mitchell explains.

School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like?

Schools are not preparing students to enter an increasingly diverse world, writes high school senior Zoë Jenkins.

The vice presidential candidate was bused to school as child. Her experience could inform national education policy, writes Jonathan E. Collins.

School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like?

Eliminating credit recovery as a path to graduation would do more harm than good, writes one assistant superintendent.

English-language learners are twice as likely to drop out of school as their peers who are either native English speakers or former ELLs who have become fluent in the language.

The College Board's plan to score students' 'level of disadvantage' based on their schools and neighborhoods has some college counselors asking: Will wealthy parents try to game the system?

A look at the two major political parties' platforms since the first charter school law was passed shows how Democrats' positions on school choice have evolved, including increased calls for accountability.

Two high school softball coaches are immune from a student's privacy lawsuit because there was no clearly established law barring school officials from discussing a student's private matters with the student's parent.

A 17-year-old Utah soccer player accused of killing a referee earlier this year pleaded guilty to third-degree felony homicide by assault.

The three Somerville High School juniors allegedly entered a freshman cabin and sexually assaulted three victims.

The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in the case involving Northwestern University football players attempting to unionize.

A federal appeals court has struck down an Indiana school district's policy requiring short hair for boys on the basketball team, ruling that the lack of a similar policy for girls'-team basketball players results in illegal sex discrimination.

A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a proposed plan that would have paid certain student-athletes as much as $5,000 annually in deferred compensation.

An Illinois judge has dismissed the nation's first class-action lawsuit against a state high school association over its handling of concussions, ruling that it had made strides in that regard since the filing of the lawsuit.

A high school basketball program in Virginia has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of a sexual assault involving a 16-year-old boy, while junior varsity wrestlers in Oklahoma face similar allegations.

The parents of a 16-year-old who died last fall from football-related brain trauma are suing the New York school districts he played for and the medical responders who tended to him the night he sustained his fatal injury.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a bill into law Wednesday that expands the state's anti-hazing regulations to elementary, middle, and high schools rather than just post-secondary institutions.

USA Gymnastics, which develops the U.S. Olympic team, reportedly failed to inform authorities of numerous allegations regarding sexual abuse by coaches.

Two football players from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, could be facing criminal charges after appearing to intentionally tackle a referee during a game on Friday night.

A Los Angeles judge ruled that a teenage football player may proceed to trial against the national Pop Warner organization, four years after he suffered an on-field injury that left him a quadriplegic.

Rudy Gay's Flight 22 Foundation is partnering with ed-tech company EverFi to teach students how to create a successful business.

School board members in Tucson, Ariz., acted after learning that a controversial economics textbook that hadn't been properly vetted.

A new evaluation of an Oakland, Calif., school district program designed to wrap black male students in a culturally rich and supportive environment is paying off.

A new study shows that police shootings affect the learning and emotional well-being of students in nearby schools, particularly nonwhite students.

The shift could have lasting effects on both public schools and the home-schooling movement.

As an attempt to mitigate a persistent school supply problem, New Mexico plans to give some 23,000 teachers prepaid gift cards for use on classroom materials. One local union calls it a distraction from larger funding issues.

OM Japan feels honoured to have played a small part in helping bring hope and relief to tsunami survivors.

Leung Wai, from Hong Kong, is burned to pray for Japan after dressing as Santa Claus and being warmly greeted by passers-by last December.

The combined efforts of trade unions, activists and other heroes over decades paved the way for the glory of the latest Bok win, writes Terry Bell.

Concerningly for South Africa, the question of whether our laws and regulations provide sanctions and penalties that are commensurate to the harm caused by white-collar criminals remains a matter of contested viewpoints, writes Khaya Sithole.

SAA now remains firmly in state hands - a state that it insists it can no longer provide the type of capital support it desperately needs. Who should feel vindicated? asks Khaya Sithole.

In a country wasted by conflict, OM brings healing to Angola’s people by strengthening local churches, training leaders and caring for children at risk.

For OMers working in Angola, the key to successful ministry has been time investing in relationships.

Integrating technology requires a significant investment of time and money, but the resources are well-spent if the focus is improving instruction, writes educational consultant Matthew Lynch.

About two dozen teachers from across the country spent a week wrestling with questions about how to remember the Confederacy.

The vice presidential candidate was bused to school as child. Her experience could inform national education policy, writes Jonathan E. Collins.

New research describes how a teacher's classroom approach can shape whether their students believe their academic skills are fixed at birth or they can grow them through practice and experience.

Distance learning makes it hard to tell if students are using a growth mindset. Here's how to tell, in this guest blog by Jamie M. Carroll and David Yeager.

Penn State Schuylkill’s Alpha Epsilon Lambda chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society, inducted eight new members in a ceremony held at the Michael C. Fryer Conference Center on Oct. 16. Lambda Pi Eta, founded in 1985, recognizes academic excellence in communication students and promotes professional development.

A new approach to mathematics teaching helps English learners and others develop mathematics reasoning and language skills simultaneously.

Comic books and graphic novels, popular in many language arts and social studies classes, are just now tiptoeing into the world of K-12 math.