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In the District of Columbia, instructional coaches like Sarah Hawley are learning the common-core standards along with the teachers.

Many affected by the shutdowns vow to harness momentum from the battle and keep pressure on the school system.

A veteran teacher finds it tough going to lead her students toward mastery of the common standards in English/language arts.

US - TX - Dallas, UNT Dallas - the first public institution of higher education in the city - offers faculty and staff the unique opportunity to help shape the character of the 21st century, learner-focused, urban com

US - CA - Irvine, School of Social SciencesDepartment of Political ScienceAmerican Politics/Political Theory/International Relations/Comparative Politics/Public LawPosition: LecturerThe Department of Political Science

Here's a rather unconventional view on cheating. It was written by Penelope Trunk, who founded Brazen Careerist and two other startups. Her career advice runs in 200 newspapers. She lives on a farm in Wisconsin and homeschools her sons. This appeared on her blog.

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Two college counselors offer advice to rising seniors, including a summertime suggestion to start drafting their college application essays.    

US - IL - Chicago, The University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies invites applications for a post-doctoral position as a Lecturer in Latin American Studies to begin in Fall 2013. The Latin American Studies

US - IL - Chicago, Duties and Responsibilities: Loyola University Chicago (LUC), College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History invites applications for a one-year, full-time, non-tenure-track position at the rank

How many volunteers have been killed, by both sides, while aiding the wounded or delivering relief supplies?    

Can you choose the best synonym for “inculcating,” as it is used in the article?    

In this post Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham writes about how students best learn new material. Willingham is a professor and director of graduate studies in psychology at the University of Virginia and author of "Why Don't Students Like School?" His latest book is "When Can You Trust The Experts? How to tell good science from bad in education." This appeared on his Science and Education blog.

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This word has appeared in 240 New York Times articles in the past year.    

The 11 contenders, who have a mix of backgrounds in private and public education, have made standardized testing and arts classes familiar issues in the campaign.    

Schools that work with low-income students have struggled to bring readers up to speed while finding more success with math.    

The Ukrainian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik and the New York Academy of Sciences are scheduled to announce three new $250,000 annual prizes for young scientists.    

D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) plans to announce seven bills Tuesday that aim to overhaul the District’s public education system.

1. Funding: Raises per-pupil funding for poor children, students enrolled in vocational programs and schools with low graduation rates. Sends 80 percent of schools funding directly to principals to design their own budgets and programs. Fully subsidizes public transportation for low-income high school students.

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D.C. Council member David A. Catania plans to announce wide-ranging legislation Tuesday that could substantially reshape the city’s public education system, as he seeks to increase funding to educate poor children, give more power to principals, change the city’s school lottery system and end social promotion of children who are performing below grade level.

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