A prison chess teacher is among those recognised across Oxfordshire in the New Year Honours list. Carl Portman, 61, is being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to ...

Though many industries suffered in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and quarantine orders nationwide, others capitalized on the shift to spending more time indoors, at home and online. Unsurprisingly, ...

Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote about a chess-teaching program aimed at children ages 8 and up. It used various arcade-like games to teach kids how chess pieces moved and captured. It was a new concept ...

Those in their 50s and 60s may recall that it was 50 years ago this year when Bobby Fischer became the first American to win the World Chess Championship by beating Russian Boris Spassky. It was an ...

Teaching requires passion, patience, proficient knowledge and preparation. None were more prepared, knowledgeable, patient and passionate than the students of St. Louis’ own Gateway Middle School. On ...

The children sit on the floor, mildly wiggling, as their teacher starts the class. "Today's lesson is getting you to find the pressure point," David Brooks begins, talking so fast that it sounds like ...

I am merely one episode into The Queen’s Gambit, which means I’m six episodes behind the rest of the world, but even one episode was enough to make a solid case that chess is cool, actually. It is a ...

Pinkerton Academy administrator Kim Larkin makes a move at the Granite Gambit Level 2 summer chess training for educators on July 15. Credit: Eileen O’Grady / Monitor staff Sign up for the Concord ...

While most students were counting down the days to the winter break, a dedicated group of DeSoto County Schools teachers were in class learning more about chess, how to teach it and how to apply the ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- At least 20 of the Chicago Public Schools' more than 300,000 students are still reporting to their teacher right now, after the teacher crossed a picket line during the ongoing strike.