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When the Oklahoma State Board of Education denied a diploma Friday to a student who was unable to pass the state's high school exit exam, it reminded me of just how different laws are in different states, districts, and territories. Illinois has no such requirement, while Maryland students have to pass exams in biology, English, and algebra in order to graduate from high school

The US Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will give more than $21.5 million to 43 states in order to assist low-income students with fees for Advanced Placement testing this school year.

The Fordham Institute issued a report yesterday, detailing the results of a survey about how Americans think schools could save money. We comment on a few questions in that survey.

The Maryland State Board of Education approved regulations that seek to reduce the amount of time students spend out of school as punishment, especially for nonviolent offenses.

Comprehensive Musical Coverage in Illinois High Schools, AY 2010-11: schoolsnapshots.org/arts/musicals.pl Although information from about 100 high…

Chicago Voxitatis, through our researcher, Alicia Mills, has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with every…

This is an abstract. Our full report is here. On Oct. 18, the Chicago Tribune published…

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On release from the National Education Association, the union that represents millions of teachers across America:…