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What a School Believes: Making New Friends and a Better World

Tim Newcomb

Virtual Reality and Selfies: Students Become Teachers as They Introduce Senior Citizens to the World of Technology

Tim Newcomb

55 Years Later, Oklahoma School Gets Its Lost 1960s Library Book Back — and $1,000 for Late Fees

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Kentucky Principal Sings Snow Day Message to His Students — Like Mariah Carey, but in a Hunting Cap

Liz Steinke

Massachusetts Third-Grader Gets Hero’s Welcome at School After 15-Month Battle With Leukemia

Tim Newcomb

School Principal Dresses Up as Real-Life Elf on the Shelf, Turns Last Week of School Into a Ho-Ho-Ho-Holiday

Tim Newcomb

Hawaii Teacher Wins $100K Grant for State-of-the-Art STEM Lab — and the Whole School Celebrates

Tim Newcomb

The Year’s Most Inspiring School Moments: 14 Times Students, Teachers & Classroom Communities Had Us Cheering in 2017

The 74

How a 9-Year-Old Boy in Pennsylvania, and Five of His Grade-School Friends, Hatched a Plan to Get 1,500 Coats to Homeless Neighbors

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Oklahoma’s Panhandling Teacher Spreads the Wealth to Her Fellow Educators

Tim Newcomb

Educators We’re Thankful For: 9 Thanksgiving Tales of Gratitude for Teachers, Students, and School Friends

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Middle Schoolers ‘Rise Up’ & Inspire the World

Tim Newcomb

With Batman & Batmobile Costume, Washington School Resource Officer Is a Real Live Superhero Cop

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Chinese Gym Teachers & Oregon Students Move and Learn Together

Tim Newcomb

Bringing Puppies Into the Classroom: A Day With Fair Shake for Youth

The 74

A Day With America’s Smartest Students at the $150,000 Math Challenge

The 74

How the Arts Are Reshaping the Culture of Chinatown’s P.S. 124

The 74

Meet the NYC 3rd- & 4th-Graders Who Get to Chat With the Pope

The 74

NYC Kids Excited to Show Pope Francis Their Recycling Projects

The 74

Exclusive: Inside the NSA’s Cybersecurity Camp for Girls

The 74

Zombie High School Apocalypse!

The 74

Operation Recognition: Vets Who Left School for D-Day Get Their Diplomas

The 74

America’s Oldest — and Most Adorable — Teacher

The 74

Meet the Visionary Chicago School Leader Who Just Won a ‘Genius’ Grant

The 74

Great Pep Rally — or the Greatest Pep Rally? Why One Arizona School’s Elaborate ‘Wizard of Oz’ Dance Number Has Gone Viral

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Michigan Middle Schoolers Row, Row, Row Their Cardboard Boats

Tim Newcomb

Little Kids Rock Brings Music Back to School

The 74

Bouncy Balls & Tippy Stools — How Flexible Seating at Louisiana School Is Helping Students Focus in Class

Tim Newcomb

How Sweet It Is! 6-Year-Old Girl Sells Lemonade to Pay Off Classmates’ Lunch Debts

Tim Newcomb

80 and Still Teaching! Arkansas Kindergarten Teacher Gets Surprise Birthday Visit From Football Star

Tim Newcomb

Free Clothes, Backpacks, Supplies & Books Come to Needy LA Kids Courtesy of Operation School Bell

Tim Newcomb

Why 600 Kids in Tennessee Are Writing Inspiring Notes (and Hashtags!) on Rocks and Placing Them All Over Town

Tim Newcomb

‘Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It’: Teachers’ Bathroom Makeover Offers Messages of Inspiration for Girls in Alabama MS

Tim Newcomb

Watch: Teachers Act Just Like Little Kids When a Huge Treehouse Appears in the Middle of Their School

Tim Newcomb

Students to the Rescue! School Kids Lead the Way in Relief Efforts for Victims of Hurricane Harvey

Tim Newcomb

19 Years Later …Teachers Are Still Bringing Harry Potter Magic to Their Classrooms for the Start of the School Year

Kate Stringer

Who Says 6-Year-Olds Can’t Program Robots? Not This Pennsylvania First-Grade Teacher

Kate Stringer

Call Her RoboKid: How a Cutting-Edge Robot Is Helping an Ohio Student Attend Classes While She’s Sick at Home

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Mission to Mars Video Wins $10,000 and Visit to NASA for 4 NJ Middle Schoolers

Tim Newcomb

In Oklahoma, a 3rd-Grade Teacher Is Panhandling Along a Highway Entrance to Raise Money for Classroom Supplies

Tim Newcomb

Novel Idea: Texas Teachers Turn Middle School Hall Into Library for Giants With Painted Literary Lockers

Tim Newcomb

How’s This for a Yarn? School Bus Driver Crochets a Personalized Toy for Every Student on Her Route

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: These 100 HS Grads Made a Splash With Pomp, Circumstance — and a Jump in the Lake

Tim Newcomb

Dr. Dre Gives Back With $10 Million for School Performing Arts Center for Compton’s Young Artists

Tim Newcomb

WATCH: Teacher Reads His Book of Love at Faculty Meeting — Then She Cries as He Proposes

Tim Newcomb

NFL Cornerback Gives College Scholarship to Virginia HS Senior for Making Honor Roll

Tim Newcomb

Who Let the Dogs in the Yearbook? Why More Schools Are Honoring Canine Companions as Invaluable Classmates

Kate Stringer

The Eagles Have Landed — Outside This School. As Birds Nest Nearby, Teachers Hatch New Assignments

Tim Newcomb

This 83-Year-Old Navy Veteran in Florida Will Get His HS Diploma Friday — and You Can Watch Live

Tim Newcomb

Watch — Jimmy Fallon Helps Maryland School Lay Golden Eggs in 26G Read-a-Thon Fundraiser

Tim Newcomb

For Teacher Appreciation Week, Here Are 7 Educators Who Amaze and Inspire Their Students Every Day

Tim Newcomb

Rolling Study Halls Give Rural South Carolina Kids Free Wifi and Internet for Long School Bus Ride Home

Tim Newcomb

True to Their (Old) School: 2 Minnesota Farmers Just Paid $35,000 to Save Shuttered K-12 Building

Tim Newcomb

#LoveMySchoolDay: How America’s Teachers Jumped on the Day’s Trending Topic to Bring the Internet Into Their Classrooms

Mitchell Trinka

High School Sophomore Wins Google Contest — and $30,000 Scholarship — With Diversity Doodle

Tim Newcomb

MUST-SEE: School Films Epic 12-Minute ‘Trolls’ Music Video to Lift Spirits of Sick 5-Year-Old Girl

Tim Newcomb

Principal of the Day: This North Carolina School Leader Makes House Calls to ALL 990 Students

Tim Newcomb

The Fifth-Grade ‘Future Chef’: A Grade-Schooler’s Comfort Food Gets Her Closer to National Cookoff

Tim Newcomb

An Unlikely #Blizzard2017 Facebook Star: The New York Music Teacher Turned Amateur Weatherman

Mitchell Trinka

Can You Spell Better Than This 5-Year-Old? Meet Edith, the Youngest-Ever Spelling Bee Contender

Kate Stringer

WATCH: New Hampshire Students Hatch Plan for Duck Wedding. ConQUACKulations!

Tim Newcomb

This Barber Gives Grade-Schoolers Free Haircuts — as Long as They Read or Do Math While He Snips

Tim Newcomb

A Toast to Ale-Truism: Pub Patrons’ Donations Help Put Books in Hands of Portland’s Needy Kids

Tim Newcomb

‘I Will Be Your Valentine’: Navy Dad Surprises His 2 Daughters at School After More Than a Year at Sea

Tim Newcomb

Must-See: Student With Down Syndrome — Who Couldn’t Walk Till Age 2 — Scores Varsity Basketball Shot

Tim Newcomb

Kansas Couple’s Donation Gives Teens Free Visits to Art Institute of Chicago for the Next 25 Years

Tim Newcomb

The 7 Most Memorable Educators We Met in 2016

Kate Stringer

16 Unforgettable Acts of Kindness at Schools This Year That We Just Can’t Stop Cheering About

Nathania Johnson

Minnesota HS Senior Sacrifices Cross-Country Finals to Come to the Aid of Struggling Competitor

Nathania Johnson

Teen Uses Bar Mitzvah Gift to Buy 400 Pairs of New Sneakers for Entire Elementary School

Nathania Johnson

CA High School Creates Gift for Blind Senior: a One-of-a-Kind Braille Yearbook She Can Read

Nathania Johnson

Is This the Craziest Bet a Principal Has Ever Made to Reward Students for Good Test Scores?

Nathania Johnson

Maryland Women Reunite With First-Grade Teacher After 60 Years to Share Nostalgia and Gratitude

Nathania Johnson

It All Starts With the Right Seed: Washington Teacher’s Giant Pumpkin Takes National Prize

Nathania Johnson

New Jersey High School Serves ‘Breakfast After the Bell’ and Feeds 5 Times as Many Hungry Kids

Nathania Johnson

The ‘Kindness in Chalk’ Movement Finds a Few New Sidewalks: Meet the Mom Who Started It All

Nathania Johnson

Food, Friends and Funds: 7 Delectable Deeds Dished Out at School Lunchrooms in September

Nathania Johnson

Fly Me to the Moon, Fifth-Grader: An Ohio School That Requires Ballroom Dance

Nathania Johnson

Virginia STEM Student Helps Mobile Carrier Fix Vulnerability

Nathania Johnson

Teacher of the Day: Ms. Sampietro, Who Spent the Summer Building a ‘STEM Garden’ for Her School

Nathania Johnson

Goodwill Excel Center, D.C.’s Newest High School Experiment, Designed to Help Adults Earn Diplomas

Nathania Johnson

Idaho Celebrates Mary Anne McGrory, the State’s 2016 Human Rights Educator of the Year

Nathania Johnson

This NYC Hospital Teacher Is Crowdfunding E-Readers for Sick Students Who Can’t Risk Handling Books

Tim Newcomb

N.C. School Smashes Together ‘Star Wars’ and the Olympics to Launch Wild Summer Read-A-Thon

Nathania Johnson

Nashville Pastor Sleeps on Roof of His Church Until Enough Backpacks Are Donated for Entire School

Nathania Johnson

Colorado Spends $16 Million on H.S. Counselors — and Saves $300 Million in Safety Net Services

Nathania Johnson

Muhammad Ali’s Kentucky High School Finds Creative Way to Smooth Transition for New Freshmen

Nathania Johnson

The Homeless Teen Who Biked 6 Hours to School — and the Georgia Town That United Around Him

Nathania Johnson

‘This Isn’t a Pity Party:’ How One NYC High School Is Helping At-Risk Kids Become Champions

Lizzie Thompson

The 74 Yearbook: Meet 21 Inspiring High School Graduates from the Class of 2016

Lizzie Thompson

WATCH: 7 Inspiring High School Graduation Speeches We Can’t Stop Raving About

Nathania Johnson

Graduate of the Week: A Passion for Community Activism Propels This L.A. Senior to UCLA

Lizzie Thompson

The Incredible Mr. Powers: Texas Middle School Teacher Retires After 60 Years of Perfect Attendance

Nathania Johnson

Grad of the Week: A Bronx Immigrant Graduates to Fordham — Eyes Fixed on a Career in Social Justice

Lizzie Thompson

How a Murder at a Baltimore School Inspired Classmates to Post Highest Graduation Rate in Years

Nathania Johnson

Grad of the Week: Oakland Teen Overcomes Fears of Parents’ Deportation to Land a Spot at Yale

Lizzie Thompson

Want to Be a Fireman? Teens at This High School Train in the Flames — and Earn College Credit

Nathania Johnson

Graduate of the Week, Colorado: Soccer Star Eyes STEM Studies at Vassar

Lizzie Thompson

Graduate of the Week, Pennsylvania: Former Dropout Frank Lopez Graduates to the Army

Lizzie Thompson

15 Incredible Teachers Who Made Our May

Nathania Johnson
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