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NAACP Seeks to Mount Shakeup in U.S. Education
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education…
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Union Calls for Teacher Certification Exam
WASHINGTON (AP) — Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam — much like the bar exam for lawyers — before being allowed to enter…
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5 States to Increase Class Time in Some Schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer.…
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Texas to Revamp Testing System to Help the Disadvantaged
The new education commissioner of the Texas school system’s over 1,200 districts is on record with plans of doing away with a statewide ratings formula…
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Florida Sets Race-Based School Proficiency Standards
Leaders of the state of Florida’s public school system are drawing the ire of parents, civil rights group and even other educators over top city…
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Black Juveniles Jailed, Whites Treated For Same Delinquencies
In yet another example of the maliciousness born of the schools-to-prison pipeline movement, new research finds the same delinquent behavior that lands privileged white juveniles…
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Young Black Males Excel in Maine
Maine isn’t a state that you’d think would have much to offer a brother. Its winters are bitter cold. There’s no hip, urban-style nightlife to…
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Student Featured in HBO Education Documentary Killed
Audie’s dead. Audie Mickens, that is. Name doesn’t ring a bell? Mickens gained his 15 minutes of fame four years ago, when the…
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Student Debt Stretches to Record 1 in 5 Households
WASHINGTON (AP) — With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households — nearly 1 in 5 — with…
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Gov’t Awards $290 Million for Teacher Incentives
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in impoverished…
