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Cengage Learning Acquires Learning Objects

Cengage Learning — Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Cengage Learning Expands Institutional Business with Learning Objects’ Customizable Platform and Services for…

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NBC News: New Tool Kit Helps English Language Learners Access Higher Education

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice announced Monday the completion of a tool kit designed to help ensure English…

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1 in 4 Female Undergrads Experienced Sex Assault or Misconduct, AAU Survey Finds

Photo credit: Canadian2006 By Katherine Mangan Nearly one in four female undergraduates responding to a survey conducted by the Association…

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From CNN: Sanders, Clinton trade shots over education plans

By Dan Merica Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) – Bernie Sanders pushed back Saturday against an assertion from Hillary Clinton that…

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Target Disappoints By Shifting Charitable Giving Away Education

Photo credit: Kelly Martin By George Anderson In 2010, Target  set a goal of donating $1 billion for education by the…

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Education Week: Teacher-Evaluation Reins Loosen Under NCLB Waivers

Photo credit: Medill DC  By Alyson Klein Perhaps no single K-12 policy is more closely associated with the Obama administration…

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Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested

by Ashley Fantz and AnneClaire Stapleton (CNN) When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he…

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From BBC News: Computers ‘do not improve’ pupil results, says OECD

By Sean Coughlan, Education Correspondent Investing heavily in school computers and classroom technology does not improve pupils’ performance, says a…

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In Chicago, neighborhood organizers go on hunger strike — to get their school back

Photo credit: Christopher Webb by The Takeaway’s T.J. Raphael A dozen parents and community activists in Chicago are on hunger…

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American adults get a D in science; 22% confuse astronomy and astrology

Photo credit: futurescienceleaders.org by Karen Kaplan Americans get a D in science. So says the Pew Research Center, which issued…

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