Curricula

A literary brouhaha over Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” came to a close this week as Glendale Unified school board members voted to approve the book for advanced placement students. The 4-0 decision capped a months-long debate...

School-by-school average SAT scores from the last school year show some Washington County public schools experienced substantial increases while others had substantial decreases. “Every group of kids is different,” so it’s difficult...

   Dr. Lois Neil-Sambar, 76, former Glendale Unified School District Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction and former principal of Rosemont Middle School, a well-known educator and philanthropist in the Glendale-La Crescenta area, died...

Cara Day-McKellar is passionate about education.  I’ve always loved school, when I was 10, 11, years old, I used to write curriculum in my bedroom,” Day-McKellar said.  “I had file boxes of curriculum.” After graduating from...

New York City students need an education on sex. That's what a new mandate from the Department of Education says, and even though females and males engage in sexual intercourse, the city's new emphasis on birds-and-bees education focuses more heavily on...

When Glendale’s neighborhood streets and parks are empty of children’s laughter and games, Shannon Pondella grows worrisome. Pondella grew up in Glendale with a family that spent much of their free time outdoors. At Crescenta Valley High...

There is a growing trend among high schools to offset rising budget costs by collecting pay-to-participate fees for athletics and other activities. That trend has now trickled into Somerset County. The number of students participating in high school...

Most parents would call it trouble if they found their kid spending time at the mall during the school day, but for about 60 students school is at the mall. Indianapolis Public Schools is partnering with the Simon Malls Simon Youth Foundation to bring...

Last month, Thurston Middle School Principal Joanne Culverhouse congratulated her last group of eighth-graders and ushered them into high school. However, it won't be the last she sees of them. She'll actually be following them as they start their...

 An Aberdeen Central student has bested one of the toughest tests in the nation.  This spring, Matthew Guthmiller, 16, earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT test as a sophomore. According to the ACT, fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who...

Clark County Superintendent Elaine Farris received overall high marks on her latest yearly performance evaluation by the Clark County Board of Education Tuesday. The annual evaluation covers performance categories which include nine standards that were...

An independent and a Morgantown, W.Va., man who believes the white race is superior have become candidates in West Virginia's special election for governor, gathering enough voter signatures to obtain spots on the Oct. 4 ballot. The Secretary of State'...