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Small replicas of the terra-cotta soldiers of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, were found under about a foot of dir -More- 

Students in New Hampshire's Nashua High School North's Advanced Placement U.S.  -More- 

It is important for teachers to have online professional profiles on LinkedIn -- both as a model for students and to give par -More- 

A program designed to help Louisiana educators teach state and American history is coming to a halt because of U.S.  -More- 

Educator and journalist Mark Phillips in this blog post suggests eight books and one film for educators to check out over the -More- 

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SmartBrief Associate Editor Katharine Haber in this blog post reveals the results of a recent SmartBrief on EdTech poll, in w -More- 

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Texas students in Judson, San Antonio and South San independent school districts have been taking field trips to connect them -More- 

Ohio's Sauder Village, with its old home and demonstrations of butter churning and quilting, offers visiting students a histo -More- 

Teaching Reading with the Social Studies Standards
Teaching Reading with the Social Studies Standards: Elementary Units that Integrate Great Books, Social Studies, and the Common Core Standards is the latest book from NCSS. This resource includes class activities that help teachers to achieve learning expectations of the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies as well as specific objectives outlined in the Common Core Standards for Reading Literature.

The St. Louis Housing Bureau is now accepting hotel reservations for the 2013 Annual Conference.  -More- 

Joe Karb, 2012 NCSS Middle School Teacher of the Year, writes about the situation in Syria in the May/June 2013 TSSP.  -More- 

$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
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Marcus Aurelius,Roman emperor -More- 

All District students would be able to ride Metro buses for free under legislation proposed Tuesday in the D.C. Council.

The measure is meant to ensure that transportation expenses aren’t keeping kids from attending class, said council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), who introduced the measure with colleagues Anita Bonds (D-At Large) and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3).

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The St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees announced on Tuesday that President Joseph R. Urgo requested that the board not renew his employment contract, which expires at the end of the month. Here is the statement that the board released:

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“The Hero of Paris” by Micah, 17, from Phoenix, is the seventh of 12 winning poems in our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest.