Teacher Turns Student Desks into Notes of Encouragement Before Big Exam (LOOK)

When fifth-graders showed up for a big test, each had a personalized, motivational message from their teacher handwritten across their desk.

By Jim Stout

16 May 34 Views

These American Teens Just Took First Place in World Robotics Championship

Don't think American kids can complete in science and math? These teens gave up parties and stayed up late to win the world's largest robotics competition.

By Jim Stout

12 May 36 Views

10 Inspiring Graduation Quotes For Every Kind of Student

Even if your favorite student is a an artist or an academic, these quotations will resonate with any grad you know.

By Jeanne Goddard

10 May 43 Views

Professor Posts Resume Of His Failures, And Succeeds in Encouraging Others

This professor put together a list of the times he failed so other people could keep his success – and their own failures – in perspective.

By Jim Stout

03 May 33 Views

Spelling Bee Crowns Co-champions, Including Youngest Winner Ever

Can you spell Sesquipedalian? These two boys could–and never missed a word during 39 rounds to become co-champions, and America's top spellers

By Jeanne Goddard

29 May 45 Views

Dad is a Janitor And All 5 of His Kids Have Gone to College (WATCH)

You may want to redefine the word ‘uneducated' after you hear how this smart working-class janitor sent five kids through college.

By Tiffani Spengler

24 May 46 Views

School Run by Inner City Students Has Near-Perfect Graduation Rate (WATCH)

This school has required students to run most of its daily operations, and the success achieved has been incredible.

By Jim Stout

12 April 39 Views

This Firefighter has Taught Thousands of Poor Pakistanis How to Read (MUST-SEE)

A Pakistani firefighter has taught thousands of impoverished kids to read, running an informal classroom in a city park for 30 years in his spare time.

By Jim Stout

07 April 41 Views

High School Implements Later Start Times, Sees Dramatic Improvements

Everyone already knows that well-rested teens are healthier and now these schools are making it happen–and seeing better grades, too.

By Tiffani Spengler

07 April 39 Views

Beating the Odds, Teen Moves From Homeless and Bullied, to Harvard

A North Carolina teen returned from camp last summer and discovered her parents had abandoned her. But dedicated to her goal of an education, she took a job, went to live with a friend, and kept her grades high, despite bullying and poverty, to earn a scholarship to Harvard.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 June 48 Views

9-Year-old Silenced By Politicians Has Changed School Lunches Forever

For the past two months, one of my favorite reads has been a blog started by 9-year-old Martha Payne of western Scotland to document in photos the daily lunches she was being served in her public primary school. Payne started blogging in early May and her lunch photos went viral in days. She had a million viewers within a few weeks; was written up in Time, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail; and got support from TV chef Jamie Oliver, whose series "Jamie's School Dinners" kicked off school-food reform in England.

By Jeanne Goddard

15 June 42 Views

CodeNow Teaches City Kids Coding, Sparking Lifelong Interest

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs changed the way we live. All had one thing in common: Access to technology at an early age. A DC-based nonprofit called CodeNow is teaching underrepresented youth the fundamental skills of computer programming. While taking free courses, the city kids -- almost 40% are girls -- build robots, Twitter apps, and a better future.

By Jeanne Goddard

27 June 50 Views

In Age of Bullying, Special Needs Student Elected Prom King

Scott Shaver and Katie Buell were crowned prom king and queen last week at Westview High School. Katie is an all-American girl, class president, champion in girls basketball, and an absolute sweetheart, according to her teachers. Yet, it seems every student, no matter their ability, is accepted here and treasured. Scotty, as the kids call him, is a HUGE personality at the school, brought out of his shell over four years by the nurturing attention given, not only by specialized staff who have tutored him as a special needs student with autism, but by the accepting student body.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 May 53 Views

15-Year-old Wins National Prize for Creating Pancreatic Cancer Test

There has been a breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer, and it's all thanks to a 15-year-old Maryland County teen and his mom, who drove him to Johns Hopkins University every night after school to test his theory in a lab. Jack Andraka won a $75,000 grand prize in this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his new way to test for early-stage pancreatic cancer. The test also detects ovarian and lung cancer.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 May 39 Views

Teen Invents Land Mine Detector Inspired by Piano Playing

A 17-year-old has invented a mine-sweeping device that can detect land mines based on sound waves, similar to the way piano strings create vibrations in nearby guitars. Both of Marian Bechtel's parents are geologists involved in developing a holographic device for detecting land mines, but her own idea was inspired by her time spent at the piano.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 April 38 Views