This is another story in KPCC's ongoing series, Classroom Core, that takes a close look at how the Common Core teaching standards are playing out in schools in Southern California. Amid rows of chairs ...

At Battle High School in Columbia, Mo., students in geometry class have swapped their compasses and protractors for hammers and hard hats. And they’re doing it for a good cause. The school is one of a ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of ...

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The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, president and CEO of education technology company DreamBox, did not originally plan on working in education. After receiving her MBA from Harvard, in 1990, she headed straight ...

Roy Solfisburg is an architect who works on big projects. The sprawling Western Electric building in Lisle comes from his drawing board. So do the Sports Aquatic Center and the McGaw Memorial Hall ...

Like a mantra, the message was delivered for the season: Black and white is the color combination in which to be seen. And the newest way to wear this classic combo is in prints that seem inspired by ...