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US - IL - Evanston, Job Summary:The Project Coordinator, Talent  manages planning, implementation, and day-to-day operations of a program in CTD. Responsibilities include program promotion, student recruitment, per

There's a lot being said and written about the Common Core State Standards these days, not all of it accurate. Here's a smart piece about the initiative by the editors of Rethinking Schools, a nonprofit organization that publishes a magazine of the same name that balances classroom practice and educational theory, while also addressing key policy issues. Writers include teachers, parents and researchers, You can see who is on the editorial board here.

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Who is William Sanford Nye? Why is he famous?    

Can you use context clues to choose the best meaning for “sui generis,” as it is used in the article?    

David Catania, the chairman of the D.C. Council's Education Committee, has introduced seven school reform bills that, according to this Post story, could reshape the city's public education system. Among other things, it calls for increasing funding for poor students, giving principals more power, altering the school lottery system, and ending social promotion.

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A second university program has begun as the country tries to move away from charity.    

See what you know about the news of the day.    

This word has appeared in 11 New York Times articles in the past year.    

The vast majority of the 1,430 education programs that prepare the nation’s K-12 teachers are mediocre, according to a first-ever ranking that immediately touched off a firestorm.

Released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington-based advocacy group, the rankings are part of a $5 million project funded by major U.S. foundations. Education secretaries in 21 states have endorsed the report, but some universities and education experts quickly assailed the review as incomplete and inaccurate.

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The common core sets goals for what students should learn, not rigid curriculum guidelines, write Richard Laine and Chris Minnich.

The National Council on Teacher Quality says most of the nation's teacher education programs that were reviewed are weak, but critics find fault with the project's methods.

Despite more rigorous requirements for diplomas, the 2012 rate for students in public high schools fell only slightly from the previous year.    

Assistance for vacation properties is all but unheard-of in higher education, but New York University has given it to a number of executives and faculty members.    

Across the country, the addresses of 2013 were much more personal, infused with self-deprecating humor, raunchy asides and references to the speakers’ own humble or distant origins.    

As many as three football players at the United States Naval Academy may soon face criminal charges in the case of the alleged serial sexual assault of a female midshipman in 2012.    

Three new members were appointed to the Prince George’s County Board of Education on Monday, completing the expansion of the board that County Executive Rushern L. Baker III pushed through this year.

Under the new structure, the formerly all-elected school board now holds three spots — including the chairmanship — for the county executive’s handpicked members and another spot for a county council appointee.

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Three new members were appointed to the Prince George’s County Board of Education on Monday, completing the expansion of the board that County Executive Rushern L. Baker III pushed through this year.

Under the new structure, the formerly all-elected school board now holds three spots — including the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship — for the county executive’s handpicked members and another spot for a county council appointee.

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St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a public liberal arts school facing an abrupt leadership transition after a sharp enrollment decline, named a veteran higher education administrator from Canada as its interim president Monday.

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The Virginia Department of Education named Fairfax County’s Katie Blomquist as the state’s history teacher of the year.

A Sunrise Valley elementary fourth-grade teacher who specializes in Virginia history, Blomquist’s award includes $1,000 and new social studies materials for her classroom. She’s been at Sunrise Valley since 2006, and last year earned social studies teacher of the year award from the Virginia Council.

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