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There have been many attacks on the school closures in Chicago, but none of them seem to have struck a vein at the headquarters of the country’s third-largest school district. […]
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A student-led protest in Rhode Island, mainly against standardized, high-stakes testing, has convinced a few people that students know what they’re talking about. […]
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We already know everything this new study from Ohio State tells us, and moreover, we knew it more than 20 years ago. […]
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A ruling has been handed down in favor of Texas high school cheerleaders who cheered the school’s football team on last fall with sayings taken from the Bible. […]
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It is unconstitutional (at least in Louisiana) to divert tax dollars away from public schools and give those funds to private schools or other for-profit education providers. […]
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Responding to an article written by a New York eighth grader about the inclusion of brand names in reading passages on the state’s Common Core-aligned standardized test… […]
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We’re pleased to advance this release from Adopt-a-Classroom, a nonprofit organization that provides teachers across the country with pocket “currency” so they can purchase school supplies. […]
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Online college courses have brought great lectures to students around the world, but universities push back a little. Likewise, elementary and high schools should be wary of online content delivery. […]
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Although 2-year colleges have low academic expectations, students struggle, partly because high-school standards are too lax in English and too rigid in math. […]
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A study released Sunday shows that 16% of high schoolers are victims of cyberbullying, and that gives us a good chance to review an independent film showing in only a few theaters across America. […]