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Fiji education project blends financial literacy with other subjects
Educators in Fiji are hoping a new financial curriculum will turn students on the Pacific island into wise investors and mone -More-
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Common core prompts shift to new reading, math exams in Ala.
The Alabama Board of Education has voted to adopt ACT Aspire, the standardized tests in reading and math aligned with the Com -More-
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Fla. tries to help students relax before high-stakes tests
As students in Florida this week begin taking standardized tests -- the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests as well as End -More-
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Tenn. seeks comment on new social studies standards before April 26 deadline
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Edmodo becomes an increasingly popular resource for teachers
Of the 100 largest school districts in the country, about 86 of them are using Edmodo -- sometimes referred to as the Faceboo -More-
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Schools train high-school students to prepare tax returns
Seventy-seven U.S. -More-
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Minn. students spend a day giving back to the community
Students from St. -More-
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Congressman John Lewis will be 2013 NCSS Annual Conference closing speaker
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NCSS Summer workshop -- Teaching With Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach
This three-day workshop -- July 22 to 24 -- will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, collaborative work, an -More-
2013-2014 (Z-Term) Teaching Specialist or Lecturer: Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln,16th U.S. president -More-
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Maine middle-school students learn WWII history from veterans
Six World War II veterans, including 95-year-old Mac McLain, recently shared their stories of bombing missions over Europe, e -More-
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N.Y. high school marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with survivors
New York's Millbrook High School recently used Holocaust Remembrance Day as an opportunity for sophomore students to hear sto -More-
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How to teach the 6-word memoir in history class
Using only six words to describe yourself or another person -- the six-word memoir -- teaches students the power of word choi -More-
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Ind. legislation could delay common core implementation
Lawmakers in Indiana's House and Senate plan to meet to work out differences between each house's version of legislation that -More-
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Why teachers should be valued over classroom technology
In education -- and in other industries -- it is easy to give in to the idea that technology will help turn around achievemen -More-
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Md. teacher to use technology to promote 2014 Iditarod from the trail
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Fla. officials to study funding online courses, make recommendations to lawmakers
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Judge stages theft to teach Minn. students a lesson on the legal system
Judge Alan Pendleton of the 10th Judicial District recently helped teach sixth-grade social studies students about the legal -More-
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Wis. student finds his calling through history projects
Ryan Eisenman, a senior at D.C. -More-
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