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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joshua Romero, a national chess master and local chess teacher, is appealing to the Boulder Valley School District to change its policies to make it easier for private instructors to offer ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A JCPS middle school teacher is named one of the best chess players in the state. More importantly, she's using the game to help her students in class. Students and staff at ...

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.