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Fifth-grade students at a New Jersey elementary school are participating in the CARES program.  -More- 

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Teachers and administrators in the League of Innovative Schools, a network of 56 schools in five northeastern states, meet re -More- 

A curriculum review committee in Lexington, Mass., has been working to update the K-12 social studies curriculum, so students -More- 

The technology tools that can help students do their schoolwork can also be distracting, with the buzzing of smartphones and  -More- 

Adobe will make its Creative Suite design software available through the software company's Creative Cloud -- eliminating its -More- 

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High-school seniors working on a project for teacher Paul Larue's social studies class at Washington High School in Washingto -More- 

Fifth-grade students at an Ottawa, Canada, school are writing letters to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an effort to halt p -More- 

This three-day workshop -- July 22 to 24 -- will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, collaborative work, an -More- 

NCSS provides the professional network and teaching resources to keep social studies a valued and vital part of the nation's  -More- 

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Harvard University students signed and delivered a petition to President Drew Faust last week demanding an investigation into how the school awarded a doctorate in 2009 based on a dissertation that claimed that Hispanics are not as smart as whites.

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The idea of giving students a choice of where to go school -- with public funds -- may sound good, but there are problems attached. The following post explains some of them. It was written by David A. Pickler, president of the National School Boards Association and former chairman and now member of Tennessee's Shelby County Board of Education.

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Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, will discuss his book “Cage-Busting Leadership” at the next Superintendent’s Book Club in Montgomery County.

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In the beginning, my dream of attending college in the United States with limited funds seemed to be just that: a dream. However, I am grateful to have had friends and family who were always supportive.    

A group of D.C. parents and community activists have mounted a protest against proposed budget cuts that they say will undermine a long-standing arts program that serves thousands of city kids.

The Fillmore Arts Center offers a wider-than-average range of arts classes for elementary-school kids, including in drama, chorus, dance, creative writing, ceramics and computer animation.

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Although Will Walker, who will attend Williams College, counts himself “lucky,” he encourages other students with unfulfilled college plans to wait: “the universe usually has a way of working things out.”    

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the district.