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Education System: Force Multiplier Needed?

We have all watched enthralled at displays of coordinated teamwork, especially when each member of a sports team fulfills their…

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The Canary in the Coal Mine: The U.S. Education System in Context

Terrorism, climate change and our education system are the topmost national security issues facing the USA. The debate on the…

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Music for Education Picking Up STEAM

https://vimeo.com/154099071 Education has become an experience, for a great number of students, that embodies a doctor’s visit and less like…

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Has the Final Bell Rung on Jeb Bush and His Education Plan?

From POLITICO Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush offered a sweeping school choice-centric education plan Monday with proposals that would allow…

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Will the Power Ever Come on for Detroit Public Schools?

From U.S. Uncut Detroit’s students are trying to learn while breathing in black mold and sitting in classrooms filled with buckets…

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How Would da Vinci Fare in a Common Core World?

On Tuesday, David Greene wrote an op-ed on the Common Core State Standards, The Real “Common Core” of Teaching, that…

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Value-Added Assessments Treat Teachers Like Cattle

School districts are under pressure from the federal government, foundations, and states to include value-added assessment as a part of…

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CNN: One threat to L.A. and New York school districts, two very different responses

By Greg Botelho (CNN) The United States’ two biggest school districts get the same threat. One — in Los Angeles…

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U.S. News: State Education Funding Hasn’t Recovered from Recession

The Great Recession may be officially over, but state spending on K-12 education hasn’t recovered. In fact, some states are providing…

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NBC News: Obama Signs Education Law Rewrite; Power Shifts to States

With his signature Thursday, President Barack Obama is setting the nation’s public schools on a sweeping new course of accountability…

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