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CPS says Dyett to reopen as arts-focused school; hunger strikers not appeased

by Juan Perez, Jr.In an effort to put an end to a hunger strike and protests that have upended two…

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Post: Hunger strikers travel to D.C. to ask education chief Arne Duncan for help

Photo credit: U.S. Department of Educationby Lyndsey LaytonOn day 17 without food, two of the dozen Chicago activists on a…

11 years ago

By the Numbers: Back to School 2015

I t's that time again, and the numbers behind this year's back-to-school season offer insights into both educational and business…

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ACT’s President Answers a Few Final Questions Before Putting Down His Pencil

Photo credit: ccarlsteadby Eric HooverWhen Jon Erickson joined the ACT, in 1984, the college-admissions process was not yet a front-page…

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Unlocking Curiosity in the Classroom

by Howard Pitler, Ed.D."The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds…

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Teacher Evaluation: Two Stories, from the Satirical to the Really, Really Ridiculous

It's not often that one comes across two articles in the same day that put the reader into a surreal…

11 years ago

Education Week: Pluto Photos Give Teachers New Avenues for Space Lessons

Photo Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRIby Jacob BellWith recent pictures from NASA's New Horizons space probe thrusting Pluto to center stage, some educators may…

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Post: Pearson sells investments ‘100 percent’ focused on education

by Valerie StraussPearson, the world’s largest education company, the one that testing critics love to hate, wants to get much,…

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Yemen conflict disrupts education for nearly two million children

24 July 2015 – With intensive bombardments and street fighting in Yemen forcing more than 3,600 schools across the country…

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Department of Education Now Plans a College-Rating System Minus the Ratings

Photo Credit: Patrickneilby Goldie BlumenstykThe U.S. Department of Education has retreated from its controversial plan to create a giant college-ratings…

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