Battle lines drawn over ‘Common Core’
Supporters of the Missouri Board of Education’s 2010 decision to adopt a set of “Common Core” standards believe the new guidelines have the potential ...
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Why America's 'hacker generation' can thrive as teachers
Many teachers aren’t feeling much love this Teacher Appreciation Day. But I still believe it is possible to be a good teacher in America – and worth ...
Common Core, Another School Reform to Bypass Parents
Two Indiana moms independently noticed that the homework their children brought home from their schools had been ‘dumbed down.’ They were not ...
Editorial: Paranoia about 'common core' is a lousy way to fix schools
The enemy here is not the standards, and it's not the educators trying to find a way to prepare our children for the competitive global economy.
Multitasking Newark Mayor Cory Booker will speak at multiple college graduations in May
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is scheduled to speak at a handful of schools commencement ceremonies this month
RI schools spent 600k on travel, food
Several Rhode Island school administrators spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on a trip to China, dining at high-end steakhouses and an in-state ...
AEPi raises $123,000 for Rock-A-Thon
Some members canned in St. Louis and Kansas City.
As scary as it may seem to seniors, graduation is not the apocalypse
For more than 3,000 students at Saint Louis University, the apocalypse really is coming this May. It doesn’t matter what future lies ahead and what ...
Universities would benefit from federal subsidization
The future of higher education at public universities like Texas State should model systems in place across the world by working to become free for ...
Evolution missing link in some Pa. high schools?
Updated 6:06 am, Saturday, May 4, 2013 PITTSBURGH — During an Advanced Placement biology course in Easton Area High School, Jennifer Estevez's ...