The first ever LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) chapter was approved at the Portledge School on Long Island, NY.

Middle school. Every fifth-grader looks forward to it, but at the same time dreads it. It’s a big change but soon you will feel that you belong there.

Police in schools, greenhouse gases and more.

Big cities across the United States are announcing plans to close what they call “failed schools.”

See how many junk food and other corporate ads you can find at your school.

On average, around the country we spend about $900 less per student each year in the school districts with more poor and minority students than we do in schools with more wealthy and white students. In 1993 the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, CFE, (fiscal means money, and equity means fairness) launched a lawsuit against the state of New York demanding more money for schools. Groups like CFE all over the country are fighting for fair distribution of resources for education.