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2 NY teachers taught a lesson about the Declaration of Independence using a large scroll modeled after the document in that it was intended to tell a government about the wrongs being inflicted on its subjects. […]
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A bill introduced in the Senate Education Committee today would try to rewrite No Child Left Behind, but the bill faces a challenge in both chambers, as it has very little, if any, Republican support. […]
A 5-year-old in Calvert County, Md., was suspended for bringing a toy cap gun onto a school bus last week, following a lengthy questioning without his parents present. […]
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A student from one of the nation’s best high school music programs, at least if the GRAMMY Foundation has anything to say about it, says her teachers make music come alive. […]
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A history teacher in Batavia, Ill., was reprimanded for telling his students about their Fifth Amendment rights, but he may have been mistaken on a technicality. […]
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In the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere, abandoned crab traps continue to ensnare crabs, but some students in Maryland have invented a solution to the problem. […]
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We should try to find ways to reduce the effects of high heat on kids in classrooms, where their bodies’ cooling efficiency isn’t very good. […]
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A 1-year virtual charter school moratorium has been imposed in Illinois. The new law also seeks more information about the effects of virtual charter schools. […]
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A series of town hall meetings about the 22-state assessment consortium known as PARCC will be held on Twitter, beginning with an introduction to PARCC tests on June 5. […]
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Not too many words we can say about this one—just prayers. Support staff, resource staff, art and music teachers, and many nurses will be gone if the approved budget doesn’t get reversed. […]
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