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Photo Credit: TaxCredits.netby Karin Price Mueller/Credit.com Both options have serious downsides, but there’s a third option.Read the rest of the story at Money.  

Both houses of Congress have now passed versions of the bill that would update the largest federal education law, known as No Child Left Behind, for the first time since 2001. They are big, meaty and complicated, and now they have to be reconciled into one messy Dagwood sandwich of a bill to go to the president. Read the rest of the story on NPREd.

by Nicholas FandosARLINGTON, Va. — This is not your typical summer sleepaway camp.Bonfires and archery? Try Insecure Direct Object References and A1-Injections.The dozen or so teenagers staring at computers in a Marymount University classroom here on a recent day were learning — thanks to a new National Security Agency cybersecurity program that reaches down into the ranks of American high school and middle school students — the entry-level art of cracking encrypted passwords.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.

Proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983, the theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized how we understand intelligence. Learn more about the research behind his theory. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MARCH 8, 2013 | UPDATED: APRIL 9, 2015Read the rest of the story at Edutopia.

by Laura IsenseeThis summer there’s been an intense debate surrounding the Confederate flag and the legacy of slavery in this country.In Texas that debate revolves around new textbooks that 5 million students will use when the school year begins next month.The question is, are students getting a full and accurate picture of the past? Read the rest of the story at NPR.org.

Photo Credit: Garry Knightby Mara Rose WilliamsSen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has the grim sexual abuse numbers on his website:Nearly 300,000 victims of rape and sexual assault a year. Young women experiencing the highest rates of violence from their boyfriends.Read the rest of the story at The Kansas City Star.

by Stephanie GleasonStudents of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. who have defaulted on loan payments to the Education Department will get a few months’ reprieve, according to court documents filed Friday.Read the rest of the story at The Wall Street Journal.

 by Claudio SanchezStandardized tests tied to the Common Core are under fire in lots of places for lots of reasons. But who makes them and how they’re scored is a mystery. Read and hear the rest of the story at NPR.org.

by Jennifer Steinhauer and Motoko RichWASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left Behind law was passed 14 years ago.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.