Oklahoma City Schools have ridden a roller coaster of ups and downs for the past decade. The district was labeled as ?in need of improvement? under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). That federal mandate led to major overhauls which included a district improvement plan, a comprehensive local education plan (CLEP) and numerous initiatives by then superintendent Bob Moore. The changes have seen marked improvements. Following Moore?s resignation, interim superintend...

Any school district, whether it serves the tiniest of rural communities, or the students of a huge city, must effectively communicate with its parents. Individual schools stay in touch with families most commonly through newsletters, web pages, and sometimes via e-mail. Teachers in Orlando Schools conduct parent-teacher conferences a minimum of once a year, make phone calls as needed, and send home comments about their students? progress on report cards and mid-term reports....

Imagine how much better off your child would be if they were constantly learning, even in the summer months. The simplest way to start is to find ways to introduce your young child to the way things work in the world around him.

There are many things that you can do to help you children learn. You can help your children learn by doing science projects. Science projects can help your children learn and have fun. Science projects can do it all.

Having an understanding of basic scientific principles will not only help children succeed in their science class but it will help them in all of their school subjects. Below are just a few examples of how the benefits of science cross into multiple subjects in school and life.

Life science is the study of life on our planet (also referred to as biology). Life scientists observe how and why life operates in the way that it does.

So often these days, it seems that schools are only in the news for their failures. Journalists love to write about the sensational news of school violence or poor test scores. Well, out west in Phoenix, Arizona, the Phoenix Schools are doing some things right! The Phoenix area is divided into dozens of individual districts; and all throughout Phoenix Schools, success abounds. One such district, the Deer Valley Unified School District sums up the mission of the entire syst...

Sacramento Schools are the epitome of the problems and concerns held by all public schools in the state of California. Recent and ongoing debates about funding arts education, construction costs, and new initiatives play out in Sacramento Schools daily. The most recent fuel to the fire was added when a study titled Getting Down to the Facts was released: it?s an evaluation of the adequacy and efficiency of the current funding of California?s public schools. The study was cond...

: While you might think that science is boring you can still teach your child to love it, all it takes is a little effort and a little time.

Turquoise beads date back to the time of Egyptian rulers. The Indians and pioneers also used to make jewelry out of turquoise.