LAKELAND — Most of Polk County's elementary schools have been rearranging themselves this summer in an effort to boost test scores. The School District asked in June that the schools departmentalize ...

NCEE’s Center on International Education Benchmarking released an important new report this week by noted Australian researcher Ben Jensen and his colleagues at Learning First. Not So Elementary: ...

As schools spend more time teaching English and mathematics skills tested under the No Child Left Behind law, time spent on other subjects has dropped by as much as a third, says a report released ...

Science one semester, social studies the next. Or social studies and science alternating every other day. These are familiar schedules for the two subjects in elementary schools, where professional ...

A new proposal to the Irish elementary school curriculum could see religious education removed as one of the core school subjects. Irish primary schools, attended by children between the ages of four ...

Canon-McMillan school board directors Paul Scarmazzi, left, Darla Monaco-Bowman, and Michael McClain prepare for the public hearing Thursday, regarding the closings of two elementary schools to ...

The results from this spring’s M-STEP tests are out, showing performance levels in English/language arts, math, social studies and science. While parents have yet to receive their child’s individual ...

In U.S., from kindergarten to high school, the curriculum includes some core subjects which are required by all and elective subjects, that are based on interests and future goals of students. This ...

When Irving Torres was 8, he wanted to dress up as the Human Torch, his favorite Marvel superhero. He went to his local barber in Queens, New York, and as he was getting the sides of his head shaved, ...

Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: About 1,500 teacher positions were unfilled at the start of the current school year, ...

When a team of Woodlan Elementary School educators agreed to participate in a new communitywide cultural awareness program, they decided to maintain a judgment-free zone. It was important “that ...

Most people agree strong content knowledge is essential for middle and high school teachers. Is it as critical for teachers in the elementary grades? A national testing expert once told me he would ...