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Teens are increasingly turning away from illegal drugs and using prescription pills to get high. Keep the meds away from the kids, please. [...]Read More......

Students at a selective high school in Manhattan decided to opt out of tests that would establish a baseline measurement for teacher evaluations. [...]Read More......

I almost couldn't help myself but draw a connection between highly effective writing and a 1st-grade test that just blew my mind on so many...

Some classrooms in Highland Park and Deerfield, Ill., are finding that the Common Core has encouraged some vigorous debate among students—about inequalities, for instance. [...]Read...

Led by a Notre Dame law professor, several Catholic scholars have signed on to a letter directed at US bishops, especially those whose dioceses have...

The Illinois State Board of Education published its school, district, and state report cards for the quality of schools in the state on Thursday. [...]Read...

Creativity abounds in at least one school that is implementing the Common Core, but objections that the standards limit creativity on the part of teachers...

Some high school students from Baltimore City heard a sincere and inspiring message to stay off drugs from the mother of a U Md. basketball...