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Starting in January, high school drop-outs in Virginia and much of the country will have to log on to a computer if they want to take the GED: The paper-and-pencil test will be history.

As the high school equivalency test is updated to reflect current demands of college and the workplace, test administrators say computer literacy is a key skill that credential-seekers need to demonstrate.

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As everyone else is winding down in the “erratic” admissions process, it seems that for Leobardo Espinoza Jr., it has only just begun.    

Teachers in 18 D.C. classrooms cheated last year on high-stakes standardized tests, according to the results of an investigation released Friday by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

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At Zaytuna College in California, the Greeks, the scholastics and the whole Western tradition are being taught alongside the Koran.    

Six World War II veterans, including 95-year-old Mac McLain, recently shared their stories of bombing missions over Europe, e -More- 

New York's Millbrook High School recently used Holocaust Remembrance Day as an opportunity for sophomore students to hear sto -More- 

Using only six words to describe yourself or another person -- the six-word memoir -- teaches students the power of word choi -More- 

Lawmakers in Indiana's House and Senate plan to meet to work out differences between each house's version of legislation that -More- 

In education -- and in other industries -- it is easy to give in to the idea that technology will help turn around achievemen -More- 

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Judge Alan Pendleton of the 10th Judicial District recently helped teach sixth-grade social studies students about the legal  -More- 

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A seventh-grade student-journalist, Grace Ybarra, from Indianapolis visited the White House on Tuesday to interview first lad -More- 

NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following awards and grants: Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the -More- 

In the workshop "Strengthening Social Studies Learning and Excellence in the Common Core," participants will build a learning -More- 

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James Madison University

Jonathan Swift,Anglo-Irish writer -More-