Today's New York Times story on cutbacks to summer school programs across the country has provoked a broad range of reactions in the blogosphere...

July's Whole Child Podcast will be recorded live at the Healthy School Communitys' Conference. Join us to hear how you can use data to create systemic and sustainable changes.

Today's Supreme Court decision that the strip search of student Savana Redding was a violation of the Fourth Amendment is a clear affirmation of student rights and a stirring lesson about civics, law, and students' constitutional protections.

On Wednesday, July 1, from 10–11 a.m. eastern time, join a live and virtual showcasing of the School 2.0 website with more than 500 technology resources available to help transform your school's or district's strategic planning...

The May issue of the journal Developmental Psychology features a fascinating meta-analysis of the research on parental involvement with early adolescent students...

Public School Insights, the blog of the Learning First Alliance, continues to be an excellent source of analysis when it comes to looking at news through a whole child lens...

A Portland, Ore., study of the city's high school class of 2004 found that 47 percent of the students dropped out before earning their diplomas and just 21 percent of the city's students who finished 9th grade with five credits or fewer eventually earned a diploma. As a result, Portland spent $1.25 million during the 2007–08 school year on extra help for the 9th graders identified as most likely to struggle.

Last month, I attended the Education Writers Association annual conference, and it was clear that reporters and the public have a lot of questions about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), or stimulus package, and its implications for education. In particular, they want to know how local schools and districts will spend the money to support student achievement...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new policy statement in its journal, Pediatrics, "The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity in Children" (hat tip: The Atlantic's Richard Florida). The statement reviews the research base on the impact various community aspects—such as the ability to walk to school, the decisions of where to build schools, and the prevalence of parks—have on students' physical activity...

As part of an initiative to promote civics in K-12 schools, actor Richard Dreyfuss is ... eschewing the word civics? "Call it what it is: political power," says Dreyfuss...