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The creators of the new SimCityEDU, designed for sixth-grade students, expect it to be a powerful tool for teaching and learn -More- 

Middle-school teacher Mark Barnes wonders in this blog post whether Common Core State Standards and education reform can happ -More- 

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A growing number of teachers are using the computer game Minecraft -- a building game similar to Legos -- to help teach stude -More- 

Vista Verde Middle School in California recently was named the "most technologically advanced" in Monterey County -- based on -More- 

The 800 students in Mason High School's freshman class in Ohio last week aimed to perform one act of kindness per student, pe -More- 

A group of about a dozen teachers in Mississippi are using spring break to help high-school students prepare for standardized -More- 

The review period for NCSS Annual Conference session proposals has begun. Reviews are due March 24.  -More- 

NCSS is looking for members to serve on awards selection committees.  -More- 

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H.L. Mencken,American journalist and essayist -More- 

On the TV show "Shark Tank," budding entrepreneurs pitch product ideas to a panel of potential investors, and that concept se -More- 

California's Tehachapi High School has launched the Safe School Ambassadors' "Waking Up Courage" campaign to try to reduce bu -More- 

Teachers nationwide say the implementation of the Common Core State Standards presents opportunities for interdisciplinary th -More- 

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Shane Robbins, superintendent of Northwestern Consolidated School District, says he has been impressed by the results of teac -More- 

Maine, Hawaii and Vermont are working together to purchase education technology -- a collaboration driven by the implementati -More- 

Games can be used to improve students' understanding of money, writes Andrew Miller, an educational consultant and online edu -More- 

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Students from Aquinas High School in San Bernardino, Calif., spent a recent day outside the classroom for the school's third  -More- 

Researchers from Western University in Canada are part of a five-year project aimed at increasing food security in Malawi by  -More-