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Los Angeles Schools Re-Open After Closing for Bomb Threat
All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses have reopened after a threat of violence caused the district to shut down…
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Illinois Data Shows Many Graduates Aren’t College-Ready
According to the most recent education data for the state of Illinois, released as part of the annual Illinois Report…
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500 Kids Mistakenly Accepted to Top Chicago Public School
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) An “unidentified internal error” in enrolling transfer students in Chicago has ended with Chicago Public Schools telling…
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Houston Votes To Rename Schools Honoring Confederates
Four Houston, Texas school campuses will be renamed following a 5-4 vote by the Houston school Board. The schools were…
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Wallace Foundation Announces Principal Improvement Program
(Photo: dcJohn, Creative Commons) The Wallace Foundation has announced plans to put $47 million toward helping certain universities redesign their academic…
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Study: Teachers’ Low Expectations for Students of Color Detrimental
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Educators often discuss the power of expectations, and the consensus is that if adults expect students…
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‘Fight Club’ at California High School Sparks Investigation
School officials in California are investigating a “fight club” that allegedly took place on a high school campus after receiving…
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Twain’s Huck Finn Removed from School Curriculum Over Language
A school in Philadelphia has taken Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” out of the curriculum after school officials…
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High-Poverty Schools Have Too Many Substitute Teachers
In recent years, education policymakers have targeted teacher quality improvement by using teacher evaluations that focus on student test scores…
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Georgia Parents Push Back on Yoga, Mindfulness Training
(Photo: Patrick Hendry, Creative Commons) When yoga was introduced to the Western world, it didn’t take long for the ancient…