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From NPR: Raising Graduation Rates with Questionable Quick Fixes

Photo credit Chris Moncus by Cory Turner What’s in a number? To many, 81 percent is a success story. It’s…

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NYT: Sweet Briar College’s Closing Temporarily Blocked by Virginia Supreme Court

by the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia has temporarily blocked the planned closing of Sweet…

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Education Week: ‘Nation’s Report Card’ to Gather Data on Grit, Mindset

by Sarah D. Sparks The nation’s premiere federal testing program is poised to provide a critical window into how students’…

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From CNN: China’s university entrance exams: Would you pass the test?

by Shen Lu and Hilary Whiteman Beijing (CNN)- Now breathe. Almost 9.5 million high school students in China have just finished…

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From CBS News: AltSchool: The next generation of education?

Friday is graduation day at an unusual K-8 school in California — and there is only one graduate. He’s part…

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RT: Moscow protesters rally against budget cuts in science, education

Over 3,000 protesters have gathered in Moscow to call for science and education reforms in Russia, amid budget cuts and…

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From Education Week: Graduation Rate Hits High, But Some Groups Lag

Photo credit:  Sakeeb Sabakka New data show that 81 percent of class of 2013 graduated in four years by Holly…

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BBC News: How US students get a university degree for free in Germany

by Franz Strasser While the cost of college education in the US has reached record highs, Germany has abandoned tuition…

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The Chicago Sun-Times: Emanuel looking for his 4th CPS CEO – but who’d want the job?

Photo Credit: Daniel X. O’Neil by Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick WANTED: CEO for nation’s third-largest public school system to…

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‘Education Can’t Wait’: Wary Children Return to Schools After Nepal Earthquake

photo by Dahal vai ganesh from the Associated Press KATHMANDU — Thousands of children affected by last month’s earthquake in…

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