Rialto USD’s after-school chess program helps students build critical thinking, focus and resilience—ending with a Chess Masters tournament featuring 20 students districtwide.

Leah Jessen is a former news reporter for The Daily Signal and graduate of The Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program. An after-school chess program for 20 elementary and middle schools in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-running student chess program in Palm Beach County is expanding its focus on girls, supported by a national grant aimed at ...

EVESHAM >> The large front room is bright, colorful and full of energy. Dozens of tables are set up with chess boards and chess pieces on them. Children start to come into the South Jersey Innovation ...

EFFECT ON JULY 1ST. WELL, SOME OFHE T COUNTRY’S BEST CHSES PLAYERS LEARNED THE GAME AS STUDENTS AT JEFRSFEON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT’S PART OF AN AFTER-SCHOOL ...

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Saint Louis Public Schools and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are partnering to launch St. Louis CHESS Cops. The CHESS acronym stands ...

Team members said they improve as chess players by embracing humility, dedication and the joy of the game.

In rural Franklin County, Mississippi, just seven of the 93 high school graduates last year went on to a four-year college. But that number may rise dramatically over the next few years, thanks to a ...

A one-year grant from the U.S. Chess Federation will help encourage girls ages 5-11 to learn, compete and stay involved in chess. Antonis Loudaros established the chess program at The Greene School in ...