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In the News: Supreme Court May Hear Case about Off-Campus Student Speech
Pennsylvania high school made a "snap judgment" about cheerleader's social-media activity
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s James Madison High School
Six Nobel laureates, three senators, and a Supreme Court Justice from one Brooklyn public high school
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In the News: Math Scares Your Child’s Elementary School Teacher — And That Should Frighten You
In the Los Angeles Times, Daniel Willingham tackles a problem of teaching math: "teaching deep understanding to elementary students requires that teachers have that understanding themselves. Studies consistently show many don’t."
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In The News: The Changing Face of School Integration
A new report by the Washington Post shows the overall number of children attending U.S. public schools with students of other races has actually doubled over the past 25 years. At the same time, many urban schools remain deeply segregated. An analysis by Tomas Monarrez, Brian Kisida and Matthew M. Chingos in Education Next examined this issue in the context of charter schooling.
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In the News: How New York’s Elite Public Schools Lost Their Black and Hispanic Students
Black and Hispanic students currently represent 70 percent of New York City's school system, but make up just 10 percent of the enrollment in the specialized high schools.
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In the News: Can You Skip 47 Days of English Class and Still Graduate From High School?
School system officials say that unexcused absences do not directly factor into course grades because of the system’s “standards-based” approach.
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In the News: Drowning in Debt From Employee Benefits and Unwilling to Reform, Los Angeles Unified School District Looks for Lifeline in Measure EE
In Los Angeles, voters will weigh in on Measure EE, a ballot measure to raise funds for public schools, on June 4.
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In the News: Sanders Chooses Teachers Unions Over Black Voters
By taking on charter schools Bernie Sanders may be alienating black voters.
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In the News: Morehouse Commencement Speaker to Pay Off Class of 2019’s Student Loans
In the days since the announcement, lots of questions have been raised about how the gift will work and who most deserves assistance.
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In the News: Many More Students, Especially the Affluent, Get Extra Time to Take the SAT
The rise reflects parents trying to give their children an edge.