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Almost half said in a survey they weren't ready to teach the standards, especially to students considered at-risk and those with special needs.

The writer Robert Greene retools the ancient idea of apprenticeship to suggest five ways for young people to succeed in their chosen fields today.

The common standards have opened a new world to English/language arts students, writes teacher Lyn Cannaday.

Training can help educators work successfully with students with behavioral problems, Nancy Rappaport writes.

The University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit university in the United States and the school with that great "I Am a Phoenix" advertising campaign, is expecting to be put on probation by its accrediting agency.

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Getting low-income students, particularly kindergartners, to attend school is key to breaking the cycle of poverty, writes Marc Cutillo.

"Complexities" that might delay common-core aligned tests lead Florida schools' chief Tony Bennett to start preparing a "Plan B."

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) has made a national name for himself in education reform over the past several years. He pushes states to adopt the corporate-based reforms he implemented in the Sunshine State -- including standardized test-based accountability, vouchers and online charter schools -- without mentioning that the accountability system he pioneered is in shambles. Recently a nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails showing how his Foundation for Excellence in Education has been working with public officials in states to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders.

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What would you get in line at 4 a.m. for? What kind of a line-waiter are you? Mostly patient? Or do you often get uptight and cranky? Have you ever cut a line?

The networks and organizations are designed to bring together key players to help coordinate STEM learning in and out of school.