U.S. schools weigh extending their hours
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School principal Robin Harris used to see the clock on her office wall as the enemy, its steady ticking a reminder that time was not on her side.
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While many a parent will lament there  are not enough hours in the day, the simultaneous use of  several technologies is allowing families to cram in 43 hours  worth of activity from one sunrise to the next, a new study  claims.
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The nationâs schools have made âconsiderable improvementsâ in nutrition, fitness and health over the last six years, according to a new government survey.
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While many a parent will lament there   are not enough hours in the day, the simultaneous use of   several technologies is allowing families to cram in 43 hours   worth of activity from one sunrise to the next, a new study   claims.
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By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 10--As the clock ticks toward 2 a.m. Sunday, when timekeeping in most of the country shifts to daylight-saving time, computer experts hope for a non-glitch switch.
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American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Now educators are starting to look at what needs to be done to prepare students to compete in a new global economy.
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A growing body of research finds that even a 15- or 20-minute break enhances a child's ability to learn.
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Extended schools, with after-school activities, are improving GCSE results, say researchers.
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Four months into the school year, some themes are working better than others, but at even the best-run schools, the future remains unclear.
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The Supreme Court is diving into a debate over school diversity that is as old as Reconstruction-era efforts to integrate blacks into the mainstream and as new as the 5:35 a.m. start time on some buses carrying students across town in Louisville, Ky.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are are taking it too far.
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Schools may need more money and  regulators may need more authority to help America's children  from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told  Congress on Tuesday.
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Their appeals were met by rebukes from lawmakers of both parties, who warned that time was running out.
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Required exercise at 7 a.m. sharp. No personal televisions or computers. A cafeteria bereft of potato chips and candy bars but full of good-for-you vegetables. Mal Mahedy's new school has tons of rules that other teens would find intolerable.
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Fourth- and eighth-grade American students still have work to do to catch up with their counterparts in Asian countries in math and science, international school officials reported Tuesday.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...
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NEW YORK  - The more time college students spend on the computer on a particular day, the more likely they are to suffer from musculoskeletal problems during that 24-hour period, a new study shows.