Education News

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:25 PM ET

An anonymous former student returns the books he borrowed from his alma mater a mere half-century earlier. Oh, he paid all the late fees, too. Read More

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By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:01 PM ET

Participants in Kyocera's ALL Access program release their film about the Virgin Mobile FreeFest. Read More

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By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:12 PM ET

A new seven-year, $100 million initiative by the Ford Foundation aims to fix basic problems in a broken secondary education system. Read More

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By Darragh Worland | Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:46 PM ET

School kids across the country have the day off Wednesday, but many will be thinking about the nation's vets regardless. Read More

More like this in: Children, Germany, Brooklyn, Paris, Veterans, Vietnam, Veterans Day

By David Bois | Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:00 AM ET

It's been sunny days, chasing the clouds away for 40 years. Tonic wishes a happy birthday, and says thank you, to Sesame Street. Read More

More like this in: Children, Music, Teaching, Stevie Wonder, Sesame Street, Public Television

By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:00 PM ET

The first lady poses in a great red dress on the cover of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year issue, which honors her for her dedication to mentoring kids. Read More

More like this in: Associated Press, White House, Washington DC, Chicago Tribune, Mentoring, Glamour Magazine

By Caroline Walker | Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:33 AM ET

At New Jersey's TEAM Academy charter school everyone is a winner, it's cool to be smart, and its students are changing the world, one penny at a time. Read More

More like this in: Africa, Kenya, New Jersey, Teaching, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Indiana University

By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:21 PM ET

A US Department of Agriculture grant will help Holistic Management International train first-time women farmers in the Northeast. Read More

More like this in: New York, Farmers, Texas, Agriculture, Farming, Teaching, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Maine, USDA

By Chaniga Vorasarun | Mon Nov 2, 2009 7:39 PM ET

The talk about money. Not sex. Though you should probably talk to them about that, too. Read More

More like this in: Charity, Money, Teaching, Economics, Financial Crisis, Our Kids, Personal Finance

By Sarah Parsons | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:27 PM ET

Just in time for Halloween, a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel is released in the US. Read More

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