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The move singled out schools that officials said were half empty after population losses, but that opponents said targeted low-income minority communities.    

Chicago’s board of education voted Wednesday to shutter 50 schools, the largest number of schools closed at one time by any major U.S. city.

The board, appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), opted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school after the current school year ends. It decided to keep open four additional schools that had been recommended for closure by Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett.

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Quick question: Name the peak in Ecuador with a summit that marks the point farthest from Earth’s center due to our planet’s bulge at the equator.

If you were Sathwik Karnik, a 12-year-old from Massachusetts, you’d know the answer is Chimborazo, and you’d have won the National Geographic Bee along with a $25,000 college scholarship.

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More than 100 teachers and other staff members at two D.C. schools learned this week that they must reapply for their jobs after Chancellor Kaya Henderson decided to “reconstitute” the schools in an effort to spur improvement.

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Maryland has allocated $2 million to help fund programs throughout the state that will allow students to take high school and college courses at the same time, Gov. Martin O’Malley said while taking a tour at the Academy of Health Science at Prince George’s Community College on Wednesday.

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US - MD - Bethesda, Applicants must meet all State of Maryland requirements for a Lead Teacher (45-hour Infant/Toddler, 90-Hour Preschool, and at least 1 year experience). Sidwell Friends, a coeducational Quaker day sch

US - FL - Tallahassee, MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Possession of a bachelor’s degree in leisure services, physical education, recreation, or a related field and three years of experience that includes recreation admini

A Montgomery County student, who said she was harassed for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance said the apology she received from her principal wasn’t enough. She still wants to meet with district officials and Superintendent Joshua P. Starr’s staff.

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Even as their student bodies have become poorer, many community colleges are “receiving minimal federal support,” said a senior fellow at the group publishing a new report.    

A parent asked me recently what she should do if her child doesn’t appear headed for college. The student in question is just a fourth-grader, but this is the Washington area, probably our nation’s most college-conscious region. Parents here like to plan ahead.

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US - VA, Longwood University is an institution of higher learning dedicated to the development of citizen leaders who are prepared to make positive contributions to the common good of society. In support of

In this lesson we offer three activities inspired by the astronaut Chris Hadfield’s use of social media to renew flagging interest in space.    

Sevierville Middle School in Tennessee recently hosted an annual social studies fair where seventh- and eighth-graders displa -More- 

Eighth-graders at Regis Catholic Schools in Eau Claire, Wis., are learning about personal finance through a program offered t -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- 

Mozilla and the National Writing Project will host summertime professional-development opportunities for teachers to learn st -More- 

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In this commentary, Dorie Clark, CEO of Clark Strategic Communications, and Joel Gagne, owner of Allerton Hill Consulting, wr -More-