On The High School Diploma: A 'Bilingual' Stamp Of Approval?
Indiana may soon allow high school students to graduate with a 'seal of biliteracy.' Eight other states already do.
Education
Senators Try To Revise No Child Left Behind — A Few Years Behind
Tuesday, senators begin working out the details of a bipartisan update to the No Child Left Behind education law. The proposed revision would give states more control over school accountability.
Photos: From Grace Jones To Toni Morrison, Little Girl Dresses Up Like Black Heroines
Many African-American parents try to extend black history lessons beyond February. One family has turned an experimental photo shoot into an effort to bring this history to life for their daughter.
Falling Through The Cracks: Young Lives Adrift In New Orleans
Among U.S. cities, New Orleans has the third-highest rate of young people who are neither in school nor working. Craig Adams Jr. is trying not to be one of them.
New York Teen Gets Accepted To All Ivy League Schools
High school senior Harold Ekeh plans to go to college. He applied to 13 schools — including 8 Ivy League schools. He got into all of them. His family moved to the U.S. from Nigeria when he was eight.
See Priya Cook: Gender Bias Pervades Textbooks Worldwide
In almost every corner of the world, women are either completely written out of school books, or they're portrayed in stereotypical, subservient roles, a report says. What will it take to fix this?
LA Schools To Apple: You Owe Us
The Los Angeles Unified School District wants Apple to pay up for poorly performing software on its iPads.
'To My Brave Sisters': Malala Speaks To Missing Nigerian Girls
Like the kidnapped girls, Malala Yousafzai was targeted by militant extremists for wanting an education. The activist wrote a heartrending letter to the girls on the anniversary of their abduction.
Real-World Math: A Bit Of Trig And Hay For The Horses
The Common Core math standards say students need more than a textbook understanding of concepts like the Pythagorean theorem. So two Colorado teachers teamed up for a lesson in real-world math.
The All-Work, No-Play Culture Of South Korean Education
A new report finds South Korean students feel greater stress than those in any other developed nation. The country is weighing the relentless pressure it places on studying and exams.