Using texts, projects, and classroom policies, some English teachers encourage self-reflection and teach social ...

Childhood is the inspiration for four local authors, who pen books for audiences ranging from middle school students to baby boomers. As a sixth-grader teacher, John Mercer found it easy to write ...

It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. This morning, we're going to begin taking a closer look at the Common Core. Those are the learning ...

The anniversary of September 11, also known as 9/11, is approaching. Americans across the country will be remembering where and what they were doing as two planes crashed into the World Trade Center ...

When I was in 6th grade, my teacher set aside our scheduled lesson for a discussion on what was going on in the world around us. A young man in Baltimore named Freddie Gray had just died while in ...