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Student creativity, research rewarded during National History Day

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Among the winners at this week's National History Day competition were two North Carolina brothers, who spent a year producin -More-

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How to make English classes more culturally inclusive

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Cultural responsiveness is more than introducing novels and texts written by nonwhite male authors, Washington state English -More-

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Districts experiment with teaching methods during the summer

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

School districts nationwide are overhauling their summer-school programs, and trying innovative methods for teaching students -More-

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Calif. budget deal would boost spending on disadvantaged students

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Lawmakers in California are expected to vote Friday on a 2013-14 budget that would provide more money for students from disad -More-

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NYC's initiative to lengthen instructional time at 20 middle schools

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

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Percentage of students who experience bullying unchanged in a decade, data show

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

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Can all U.S. schools have high-speed Internet by 2016?

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

All schools in the U.S. -More-

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Digital resources keep students engaged, connected

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Bring-your-own-device programs help connect and engage students both in and out of the classroom, Meg Ormiston, a curriculum -More-

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Astronaut seeks to inspire students to focus on saving planet Earth

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut to venture into space, recently met with high-school students in Ore -More-

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Writing on Maine middle school's bathroom wall tells girls they are beautiful

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Inspired by a national campaign called Operation Beautiful, fifth- and eighth-grade girls at a Maine middle school are workin -More-

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Nominations for NCSS Board of Directors

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

NCSS is seeking candidates for Vice-President, and the Board of Directors. -More-

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Without courage, you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 11:45am

Maya Angelou, American writer -More-

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Wis. social studies teacher uses creativity to mark his first year

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 1:41pm

As a first-year teacher at Delong Middle School in Wisconsin, social studies teacher Sam Van Hefty was not short of ideas or -More-

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Iowa middle-school students correspond with veterans

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 1:41pm

Eighth-grade students at Le Mars Community Middle School in Iowa did some detective work to find local veterans to correspond -More-

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Ohio high school displays flag, portrait from George Washington's Va. home

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 1:41pm

An American flag that flew over George Washington's Virginia home, and a portrait of the first president, are on display at A -More-

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