Education News

Incumbent James Lander won the Democratic endorsement for the Arlington School Board in a very close primary campaign.

Lander beat out economist and children’s book author Barbara Kanninen, by 47 votes in a two-day caucus that ended Saturday.

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The D.C. Council’s education committee stepped into a looming fight over school boundaries last week when it voted unanimously to ensure that parents get at least a year’s notice before boundary changes take effect.

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The Louisiana Senate overwhelmingly rejected an attempt Monday to repeal a 2008 law that permits public school science teachers to use material outside of the adopted textbook in the classroom.

Federal aid cuts are forcing some of the publicly funded preschool centers to scale back on student slots and reduce staffing.

Ordinarily, a professor would worry if only one out of every 10 students passed a class. But University of Virginia historian Philip Zelikow seems enormously pleased with such results from the course he just finished teaching on the history of the modern world.

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The American Association of University Professors, the largest organization of U.S. academics, stepped into the fray between New York University and its faculty in Italy.    

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The following fourth grade science quiz for a unit called "Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel" has been making the rounds on Facebook and elsewhere on the Internet, and it turns out it is real.

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How involved in your life are your parents? How much do they step in to “help” you with your schoolwork, social life, college applications, hobbies or sports, or anything else? How often do they try to solve your problems? Do you like having their help, or do you find it burdensome?    

Every year the Chronicle of Higher Education publishes the compensation of university presidents, and it just put out the list for four-year public colleges for the year. No. 1 on the list may surprise you.

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Much of the national discussion about school reform revolves around recruiting and keeping top talent in the teaching field. Here's a post with a surprisingly different point of view. This was written by Esther Quintero, a research associate at the nonprofit Albert Shanker Institute. It first appeared on the institute's blog.

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What is the Battle of the Nations? Why do participants like Mr. Ivey choose to compete in the international competition?    

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

See what you know about the news of the day.    

This word has appeared in 167 New York Times articles in the past year.    

Dennis M. Walcott, chancellor of the New York City system, said that Democrats who spoke at a recent forum were pandering to the teachers’ union.    

Cooper Union recently announced that it would begin charging tuition, a decision made after decades of bad financial choices and recent treacherous markets.    

Clarence D. Mumford Sr., a former assistant principal in Memphis, was sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to help teachers cheat on certification exams.    

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has only locked in about two-thirds of the students it needs for a full freshman class next school year, a shortfall that could cost the public liberal arts school $3.5 million in lost tuition.

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The Montgomery County Council tentatively approved a $2.2 billion operating budget Monday for the public school system in fiscal 2014.

The budget includes $18.6 million in salary increases for employees starting in February 2014. The compensation boosts would include step increases for eligible employees and 2 percent increases for others.

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