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How does growing economic inequality affect student achievement? Here to discuss it is Mike Rose, a highly respected professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and author of several books. His latest book is "Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education.

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

Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, plans on Tuesday to propose an overhaul of gifted and talented programs that would provide space for more children and loosen admissions requirements.    

According to the report, most teachers in the nation’s largest school districts took pay cuts or had their pay frozen at least one year between 2008 and 2012.    

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave some visiting school children a lesson in how to handle unwanted bugs: smush them with the palm of your hand. (See video below.)

That's what he did Friday when he spotted a little spider crawling on the desk in his office, the Star-Ledger reported in this story. The kids laughed. Later, the governor tweeted:

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High school students will take the college-admissions exam by computer starting in the spring of 2015, but at least for a while, the paper and pencil version will still be available.    

Students from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., journeyed through African-American history recently, as the schoo -More- 

Some students in the Fort Worth, Texas, school district may choose an elective course in U.S.  -More- 

Officials of some California schools are confiscating students' cellphones before they take standardized tests because of con -More- 

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A 15-year-old girl turned to Twitter following the suicide of a friend, writes TechNewsDaily senior writer Leslie Meredith.  -More- 

Teachers can make lessons more engaging and interactive for students by using games in the classroom, writes Matthew Farber,  -More- 

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