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With Common Core tests, a lot at stake for first-year principalPrincipal Krystal Hardy has dedicated herself to improving the culture and upping the test scores at a struggling New Orleans charter school. Her third-graders, for one, take 14 standardized tests, including Common Core ones, each year.
How one Massachusetts town turned around early reading programOne school in Malden, Mass., is outpacing schools across the state in early reading literacy. Here鈥檚 How.
Eleven year-old earns three degrees one year after finishing high schoolSome day, Tanishq Abraham wants to be a medical researcher, a doctor, and president of the United States.聽
Preventing college rape: why freshman year is key, especially for past victimsA new study finds a relationship between previous rapes and recurrence. The findings could add new layers of understanding to sexual assault policies and prevention work under way on college campuses.
First-in-nation lawsuit in California: Must schools address student trauma?Several students and teachers filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday in a bid to make California鈥檚 Compton Unified School District address the needs of students affected by trauma.
Is Harvard racist? Asian-Americans claim unfair Harvard admission quotasMore than 60 Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Pakistani groups have filed a joint federal complaint agains Harvard and other Ivy League schools.聽
Bullying declines in US schools as more students embrace diversity, toleranceBy one national measure, the number of 12- to 18-year-olds聽who have been bullied has dropped聽to the lowest level since the government began collecting such data.
Why the news on high college costs is starting to get (a little) betterCollege costs at public universities, which skyrocketed during the recession, are now starting to slow down. But states still have a long way to go rein in tuition.- Glimmers of progress in fight against college sex assaultThe number of sexual assaults included in college crime statistics has nearly doubled, from about 3,300 in 2009 to just over 6,000 in 2013, according to new federal data. It's a sign of growing awareness of the problem.
Smith College expands definition of women to include transgender studentsSmith College's decision to begin admitting transgender women points toward growing awareness of 'changing concepts of female identity,' experts say.
Atlanta cheating scandal: Why the judge reduced their sentencesThree former Atlanta public school educators saw their sentences reduced from seven years to three years today.聽Each of the three also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine, instead of a $25,000 fine.聽
Standardized test backlash: More parents pull kids from exams as protestFor parents fed up with the growing numbers of tests and the increasingly high stakes, 'opting out' is now the popular form of protest. Critics say it aims at the wrong target and ignores importance of data gleaned.
Obama promotes reading through e-books, library programThe offer of e-books comes as low-income households still lag far behind others in computer ownership.- Texas A&M professor fails entire class: Is this a millennials problem?A Texas A&M professor聽failed his whole class following poor behavior on the part of his students. Are millennials entering college ready to meet expectations?聽
'Hero' teacher tackles shooter in Washington high schoolBrady Olsen,聽an Advanced Placement government and civics teacher, tackled a high school student Monday after he fired two shots at聽North聽Thurston聽High聽School聽in Lacey, Wash.聽
Why Corinthian Colleges went belly upCorinthian Colleges, once one of the largest for-profit educational institutions in the country, announced it will close its remaining 28 campuses, effective immediately. How can the government prevent this from happening again?
Why this Texas teacher is the 2015 National Teacher of the YearShanna Peeples, a聽high school English teacher in Texas, works with many immigrant students.聽'She teaches kids who have never been in a classroom before and students who want to go to Ivy League schools,' says one former student.
Liberty University: The rise of a really big conservative collegeLiberty now claims more than 100,000 students, including 13,500 who take classes on campus.聽聽The university's 7,000-plus acres are part campus, part construction zone, with a $500 million construction program.
Frat sues Wesleyan: Is it gender discrimination to force a fraternity to go coed?Connecticut鈥檚 Middletown Superior Court is hearing arguments Wednesday and Thursday in what has been called first legal challenge surrounding an order for a fraternity to admit women.
Applause for No Child Left Behind rewrite, but concerns remainThe Senate bill would continue to require some current levels of testing, but it would allow states to set up their own accountability systems.
