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Ken Jennings couldn’t.

The man who made history in 2004 by winning 74 consecutive rounds of Jeopardy wasn’t able to figure out the short story presented to eighth graders across New York during a reading exam this past April. The story, which has gone down in infamy (it even has its own Facebook page), involves a

Education is climbing to the top of the list of issues for Hispanic, Democratic, black and female voters in determining whom they will vote for in the upcoming 2012 election. Three education-related issues to watch in the upcoming 2012 election will be standardized testing, school choice and the No Child Left Behind Act, but the policies of President Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney are similar on these in many respects.

Standardized Testing

Standardized tests have been around since the 1800s. The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) mandated annual testing in all 50 states. In 2009, U.S. students were being out-performed in math and science and had n…

The school year may be over, but there's still a lot happening in the world of education. Read on for some of the latest in everything from standardized testing reform to board of education elections!

Michelle Rhee group Students First’s Tax Records Reveal Questionable Spending In 2010, Michelle Rhee,  former chancellor of the Washington D.C. public school system (who garnered national attention for her controversial stance against teachers’ unions) launched Students First, a group for education reform trying to raise $1 billion for education over…

Some exciting news here at Teach.com: Our American STEM Education Infographic has been featured in the June 2012 Media Planet supplement in the Washington Post! Media Planet is a publication that partners with newspapers, websites, advertisers, journalists, and celebrities to bring engaging, educational editorial content to a wide audience.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and represents a crucial area of education. STEM plays a…

The U.S. government is regularly looking for teachers to work abroad. The children of military service members who are stationed overseas are educated at schools administered by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). The DoDEA, which is headquartered in Virginia, is a civilian branch of the Department of Defense that oversees more than 190 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Puerto Rico and Guam. In addition to the children from military families, these fully-accredited schools are attended by the children of civilian employees of the Department of Defense. More than 86,000 students are serv…

The Troops to Teachers program is an effort by the Department of Education and the Department of Defense to ease the transition of former military personnel into new careers and improve the quality of education in America. The program provides members of the military with funding and support to obtain licensure or certification to teach in public schools. The Department of Defense’s Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) provides eligible individuals with assistance, in…