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Atlanta school shooting raises doubts about metal detectors
Price Middle School in Atlanta has metal detectors, but a student was shot and wounded Thursday. Districts considering these devices have to weigh the costs and whether they belong in schools at all.
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Progress Watch High school graduation rate at highest since 1976
Some 78.2 percent finished in four years, graduating in spring 2010, a new report found Tuesday. Grim economic conditions and the need to be competitive in a crowded job market played a role.
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How does US compare in math, science, reading? Younger students do better.
Two international studies show fourth- and eighth-grade scores in math, science, and reading in 2011. In the US, there’s no cause for alarm, or celebration.
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Vocabulary 'report card': 'Urbane' stumps 8th-graders, 'grimace' doesn't
A first deep look at vocabulary skills among America's students shows their vocabulary proficiency tracks closely with their reading ability overall. Racial gaps exist, but boys and girls performed about the same.
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Strike-ending 'framework' in place for Chicago teachers as Big Labor flexes muscle
Union influence may have waned, but organized labor planned to rally in Chicago on Saturday to support what appear to be two rare union victories in Chicago and neighboring Wisconsin.
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Play time: Kids have less time, more imagination for make believe
New play time study shows kids are more imaginative and comfortable with make believe than they were 20 years ago, despite shrinkig play time during and after school.
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Back to school already? Debate continues over year-round benefits
Back to school time has arrived for those students on the year-round schedule, but the debate continues over whether learning improves with shorter, more frequent breaks.
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Cover Story Bachelor's degree: Has it lost its edge and its value?
Undervalued and overpriced, the beleaguered bachelor's degree is losing its edge as the hallmark of an educated, readily employable American.
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Education 2.0: Can Digital Learning Day begin a classroom revolution?
Thirty-nine states, 15,000 teachers, and 1.7 million students are expected to participate in a series of events and webcasts on Wednesday, Digital Learning Day.
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Opinion States must cut red tape to attract more qualified teachers
Rigid standards are shutting out aspiring teachers. States must evaluate potential teachers without traditional certification in ways that don't push needed talent away.
08/15/2011 11:39 am -
Recovering US job market is leaving black men behind
The unemployment rate for black men stands at 17 percent, more than double that of white men. An education gap, criminal records, and racial bias all contribute to problems in the job market, experts say. What type of intervention would help?
07/26/2011 03:05 pm -
Achievement gap for Hispanic students hasn't narrowed in 20 years
A first-of-its kind NAEP report finds hints of progress, but mostly a stubborn achievement gap between Hispanic and white students.
06/23/2011 01:19 pm -
Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner: 5 of his strange ideas
Jared Lee Loughner is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday. The apparent target of the attack was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), which led Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik to assert that unbalanced people are 'especially susceptible to vitriol' in our political discourse. Politics may be nasty, but Jared Lee Loughner's ideas don't seem to line up with any one group or line of thinking. Indeed, they are more often characterized as simply strange. Here’s a look at five ideas believed to come from Loughner, in his words and those of the people who know him.
01/12/2011 04:02 pm -
US students halt academic 'free-fall,' but still lag in global testing
Korean and Finnish students scored highest in the latest round of PISA tests aimed at assessing reading, math, and science literacy.
12/07/2010 11:45 am -
Bullying and teen suicide: How do we adjust school climate?
Teen suicide attributed to bullying has educators and parents examining how school climate contributes to and can be changed to help the problem.
04/28/2010 02:08 pm -
US grants German homeschoolers asylum. Will others follow?
A US judge granted German homeschoolers asylum in January after ruling they faced persecution in Germany, where the practice is punishable with fines or imprisonment. The US Home School Legal Defense Association says other German families are exploring political asylum in the US.
03/02/2010 11:23 am -
Nation-building at home: Civics 101
How to run a country - a.k.a. nation-building - is the bottom line of the US high school civics revival.
12/10/2009 12:00 am -
Student 'proficiency': What is your state's definition?
State standards and 'proficiency' measures vary widely, according to a new study from the National Center for Education Statistics.
10/29/2009 01:00 am -
Too few low-income college students?
Pressure mounts on colleges to reduce barriers for that pool of talent.
08/07/2008 01:00 am -
College admissions dance gets longer, more complicated
It could be well into the summer before some graduating high school seniors know where they'll be studying in the fall.
04/23/2008 01:00 am -
In the Bronx, a class with conservation at its core
At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip – and fieldwork covers topics from temperate forests to river turbidity.
02/21/2008 12:00 am
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