DA on Ponderosa High School bomb threat case: ‘We’re not looking to return kids to the classroom’
A juvenile is now officially facing charges for allegedly bringing an improvised explosive device to Ponderosa High School on ...
Gov. JB Pritzker wants phones out of the classroom. Not everyone agrees.
Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing a measure to take phones out of classrooms, but some argue that they serve a purpose.
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“In the real one you’ll skin your knee, you might break your arm, but in the virtual world you are virtually guaranteed to be ...
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How to Rethink the Objectives of Classroom Discussion
Expanding participation beyond traditional metrics like hand-raising gives more kids entry points into the conversation.
Southland high school leaders express mixed feelings on harsher classroom cellphone policies
As lawmakers in Springfield consider removing cellphones from classrooms across Illinois, some Southland high school officials say they recognize the need and have already implemented similar ...
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New online CPR tool to equip school children with life-saving skills
The new digital tool teaches life-saving skills to students aged 11 to 16, such as how to perform CPR and use a defibrillator ...
How Texas students, teachers could be impacted by a school discipline overhaul
About a decade ago, Texas’ public schools suspended more than 100,000 students in pre-K through second grade. Faced with this data, lawmakers in 2017 banned out-of-school suspensions for these ...
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Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger
In 2020, the pandemic closed classrooms and banished hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to learn over screens at home.