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MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – The Oregon state board of education has banned public schools from using American Indian names and mascots for their athletic teams, out of a concern they disparage nat…
Continue Reading →Nebraska public schools spent more than $457,000 last year on lobbying legislators, an amount that has increased recently despite a law that bans the use of state money for district lobbying.
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President Obama’s re-election campaign is courting voters in Florida and Nevada with a new, positive 30-second TV ad on higher education.
The spot, which began airing Friday, features pictures…
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups is hoping to raise money to challenge New York City Mayor…
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ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — A woman’s poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they’ve created a scholarship fund in her name and raised $800 to fly her back to California…
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Continue Reading →OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An education advocacy group that typically supports Democrats endorsed Republican Rob McKenna for governor on Friday, saying he has concrete proposals that would…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is proposing to offer buyouts to hundreds of teachers who don’t have permanent jobs.
In a speech to business and civic leaders Thursday, Walc…
DENVER (AP) — A sweeping education overhaul of Colorado’s literacy guidelines has…
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