Elaine Allensworth: New Illinois test standards don’t sacrifice college readiness

Old testing benchmarks in Illinois caused many students to underestimate how prepared they were for college. The new ...
The Sector

School readiness through purposeful hands-on learning

School readiness is about more than knowing letters or numbers. It’s about fostering capable, confident learners who are physically, socially and emotionally prepared to make the leap into a new ...
NPR Illinois

Volunteers foster literacy by reading to children and giving them books

Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books.
Walla Walla Union Bulletin

Editorial: College Place High School's new career readiness center helps shape the future

Four-year university isn’t for everyone. Nor is trade school, or the workforce right after high school. The beauty of individuality is that all these paths are available, and we need high school ...
The Indianapolis Star

Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing. Editors say it's censorship

This story has been updated to add new comment from the IU administration and additional context throughout. Indiana University has ordered the Indiana Daily Student to end all print publication less ...
The Sun

Majority of parents don’t believe kids need to be potty trained before starting school, shock poll reveals

And 70 per cent say it’s unimportant for their kids to know how to use a knife and fork SIX in ten parents do not believe it’s important for their children to be toilet-trained before starting school.
Victorville Daily Press

Victor Valley school district test scores and college readiness on the rise: Officials

The Victor Valley Union High School District has seen a rise in state test scores and college readiness. Student scores have increased by nearly 7% in English, 6.5% in math, and 6% in science since ...
The Gazette

Iowa school districts should stop playing the search firm game

This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. (WOI Local 5 News via AP) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...
extra

Gardaí at school gates as gangland feud escalates

A dozen people have been warned that their lives are at risk as an ongoing feud wreaks havoc in Limerick city, Extra.ie has learned. Extra also understands that uniformed gardaí have been at school ...
The Boston Globe

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to lay off staff due to financial challenges

Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is laying off staff and restructuring some offices due to “significant financial pressures,” Dean David C. Parkes ...
ThePrint

Air Force made nation proud with its strength, readiness to face every challenge: President Murmu

New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday greeted all air warriors, veterans and their families on Air Force Day, and said the force has made the nation proud with its strength and ...