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Vox: A lack of education could be as deadly as smoking. Here’s why.

Photo credit: SuperFantastic Updated by Libby Nelson Every year, a new paper argues, tens of thousands of Americans die sooner…

10 years ago

Las Vegas Review-Journal: ACLU sues to stop Nevada education savings accounts

Photo Credit: www.SeniorLiving.org by Neal Morton The American Civil Liberties Union, waging the first of potentially several legal challenges against…

11 years ago

From NPR: Nation’s Only All-Women MBA Program To Close

Photo Credit: Nicola Bothwell by Lauren Hodges Simmons College announced it will close the campus master’s degree program in business,…

11 years ago

NYT: How High Schoolers Spent Their Summer: Online, Taking More Courses

by Elizabeth A. Harris As summer began, Dan Akim, a junior at Manhattan’s ultracompetitive Stuyvesant High School, planned to attend…

11 years ago

From PDK/Gallup Poll: Testing doesn’t measure up for Americans

Photo Credit: Timlewisnm Americans look beyond testing when they evaluate schools. Student engagement at school and whether students feel hopeful…

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Huffington Post: This Map Shows How Many More Students Are Living In Poverty Than 9 Years Ago

Photo Credit: Ed Yourdon by Rebecca Klein Students in America’s schools are much, much poorer than they were nine years…

11 years ago

Edu News: New York State Schools Won’t Be Penalized for Opt Outs

Photo Credit: dcJohn by Grace Smith There will be no penalty for New York state school districts that had large numbers…

11 years ago

Chalkbeat Colorado: More kids to get free school breakfast under law, but some districts feel financial squeeze

Photo Credit: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture by Amy Schimke As the second phase of Colorado’s “Breakfast After the Bell” law…

11 years ago

Common Core Takes Spotlight for GOP Candidates at Education Summit

Photo credit: Woodleywonderworks by Hallie Jackson LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Forget emails and immigration: the topic du jour for half-a-dozen Republican…

11 years ago

From The New York Times: Poll Finds Most Back Healthy School Meals

Photo Credit: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture by Ron Nixon WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans support providing schoolchildren with healthy…

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