Should high schoolers get an assignment to write a suicide note? That’s what happened in one New York school. The students were asked to write the suicide note from the perspective of a character in a book they were reading for class. The school is defending the assignment, saying it forced the students to think, […]
Roxbury teacher David France uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury. NBC’s Chelsea Clinton reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
First lady Michelle Obama stopped by Savoy Elementary School in Washington, D.C. on Friday to share in some dancing fun with the kids and reinforce the importance of the arts and a good education. After visiting several classrooms, the first lady told an audience at the school that hard work is the key to success, […]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning to shut 49 public schools to save money. Heralded as the future mayor of Chicago in the year 2025, 9-year-old Asean Johnson, whose school would be closed, stood up to the mayor, is sending him a message about who he’s really hurting when closing down schools when he fired […]
Duncanville High School student Jeff Bliss, in a video that has gone viral, spends 87 seconds lecturing his teacher on how she can be more effective. Bliss is dismissed and ignored and was told to leave by the teacher. Bliss: “You want kids to come into your class? You want them to get excited for […]