Oct 22, 2012
Donegan Elementary School celebrated its inauguration as a COMPASS Community School this Wednesday. The COMPASS Community School program aims to take a more holistic approach to teaching than tr…
Oct 20, 2012
Mia* is in fourth grade. Sometimes, a girl in her class, Sophie, would make fun of her. Then one day, Sophie brought invitations to her birthday party to school. She handed them out to everyone in he…
Oct 20, 2012
This spring, 18 Lehigh University professors from six departments spanning three colleges took a field trip to the center of shale gas mining in Pennsylvania, one of America’s shale gas hotspots. Fir…
Oct 20, 2012
In a recent episode of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart asked U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, “What’s going on with No Child Left Behind?” “No Child Left Behind,” the secretary decl…
Oct 19, 2012
John’s first few days on the North American continent were spent getting to know his father once again. Megan was most surprised by the amount of traffic lights, while Sam was occupied with finding a…
Oct 16, 2012
Education has never been more important to our nation's progress. One essential way we fulfill our mission of research, teaching and service at Lehigh University occurs right in our neighborhood, in …