Many parents and school lunch workers will tell you that getting kids to willingly eat their vegetables is no easy feat. But Whole Foods and Chef Ann Cooper think they have a solution to the problem: salad bars in school cafeterias. Whole Foods and Cooper have already raised over
$1.4 million to put salad bars in [...]

Bullying is becoming a hot button issue in education today. In the wake of recent LGBT teen suicides around the country, many politicians, celebrities, and less famous folks are taking part in the “It Gets Better” Project to share their stories and feelings about how it feels to be taunted or harassed by bullies. And [...]

As people everywhere become more conscious of what they’re eating and lawmakers work to find a way to combat high rates of obesity and diabetes, calorie counts are beginning to show up in many fast food and family restaurant chains around the country. And now these numbers are making their way into some school cafeterias. [...]

Backpacks full of new notebooks, unsharpened pencils, fresh pens and markers — school supplies mark the beginning of a new academic year. But many kids can’t afford new supplies and teachers often have to pay out of pocket so that their students will have the materials needed for the school year.
So if your kids [...]

As a new school year begins some students will find themselves not just studying math, English, and science, but also cultivating their green thumbs. Today the US Department of Agriculture announced that eligible high-poverty schools will soon be involved in the People’s Garden School Pilot Program. The $1 million project will help schools plant and [...]

When it comes to school lunch, we’ve heard plenty of horror stories about the terrible food children are being served in public schools and various ideas to help fix the broken system. That’s not to say there aren’t many schools doing their best to serve school children healthy meals every day. The School Nutrition Association [...]

By now most people have heard of the non-profit One Laptop Per Child, an organization whose goal is to get a low-cost laptop into the hands of children in developing countries to improve their educational opportunities. Although these laptops are designed to be significantly less expensive than laptops currently on the market, India felt that [...]

We all know the basic school model: the Principal is the face of the school, making sure everything is running smoothly, the Assistant Principal(s) are in charge of disciplinary problems, and teachers are responsible for making sure students are learning. But what would happen if you did away with all of the administrative positions and [...]

If you’ve spent any amount of time on Facebook, you know how popular FarmVille is. Chances are you have played the game yourself, or are friends with at least one of the 32 million people who play the game every day. I’ve never actually played FarmVille myself, but through friends’ status updates and reading others’ [...]

For many urban youth just getting to school, let alone arriving on time, can be a difficult task. If your are one of the 409,279 public school students living in Chicago, that task can be a matter of life and death. According to the New York Times, of the 258 public school students who were [...]