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For 10 months, Carolyn Abbott waited for the other shoe to drop. In April 2011, Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a citywide gifted-and-talented…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreAs American students continue to fall behind foreign peers, 45 states and Washington, D.C. have adopted the Common Core State Standards, a new set of academic benchmarks aimed at raising…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreYoung adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other types of disabilities, a new U.S. study finds, Reuters…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreDuring her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks, Reuters reports.…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreA national resolution to urge education administrators to rely less on standardized testing is gaining a wave of support in South Florida, the Huffington Post reports.…
May 16, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreAs most high school students are gearing up for summer break, many teachers and administrators are planning and prepping for the next school year. Part of their planning may include…
May 15, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreSinclaire Coffer, a 17-year-old high school student with autism, is fighting to be allowed to graduate from North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs, Ga., after the state Board…
May 15, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreThe planes are imaginary and Ambition is a simulated aircraft carrier, the centerpiece of the new, $33 million National Flight Academy that supporters are calling space camp taken to the…
May 15, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreWhat do you do those days when your toddler is a bundle of energy, so much so that you can can barely keep up? Asks Tecca.…
May 15, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreAs a slew of U.S. states have passed laws to ban texting while driving, one New Jersey town upped the ante with its texting-while-walking ban. Pedestrians in Fort Lee, New…
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