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After students leave schools of education, and after years of reforms, Calif. institutions often have no way of ascertaining if their programs produced strong teachers.

Some educators say evidence is lacking on whether new performance assessments are creating better teachers, according to this article from Education Week content partner The Hechinger Report.

What are some of the scandals and failures that are weighing down on Mr. Obama’s second term, according to the article?    

What would it look like on the outside? How would you decorate it?    

US - VA - University of Richmond, Job Summary: The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Richmond invites applications for a one-year visiting, non-tenure-track position in Sociology to begin August 2013. We s

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I've written a lot about growing resistance to high-stakes standardized testing and other corporate-driven school reforms. In the following piece, the argument is made that the revolution against the reform movement is here. It was written by Jeff Bryant, an Associate Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and the owner of a marketing and communications consultancy. It serves numerous organizations including Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, PBS, and International Planned Parenthood Foundation. He writes extensively about public education policy at The Education Opportunity Network. Follow Jeff on Twitter: jeffbcdm

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Laurene Powell Jobs has carefully entered the public sphere, pushing her agenda in education as well as global conservation, nutrition and immigration policy.    

Correction: The original version of this post said the scientist got 31.5 million followers as a result of Obama's tweet. I got that wrong. He potentially got that many readers for his study because that's how many followers Obama has. Sorry. The researcher did get worldwide attention.

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This word has appeared in 544 New York Times articles in the past year.    

Who are the world's sleepiest students?

It's the Americans, according to an analysis by Boston College researchers of data that was part of the 2011 international exams known as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).

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US - PA, Director of International Student Services & Programming Widener University, an independent, metropolitan, doctoral-intensive university, connects curricula to social issues through civic

US - NV - Las Vegas, EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelors Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or a related field and at least 2 years experience in a licensed childcare facility, NAEYC accredited preferred.

Microsoft has donated $1 million to help D.C. teachers redesign their classrooms using a “blended learning” approach that combines online learning with face-to-face instruction.

Blended learning has drawn both excitement and skepticism as it has exploded in popularity in recent years. Boosters believe that technology could transform schools and give students a more personalized learning experience, while critics fear that when executed poorly, blended approaches reduce learning to clicks on a computer.

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US - TN - Jackson, Requirements A Master's degree in a social services discipline is required Applicants who are within 3 months of completing their Master's degree with 2 years of clinical experience with youth may

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The Chicago Teachers’ Union filed two complaints in federal court Wednesday trying to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, arguing that the closures disproportionately affect African American students and would also cause great harm to special education students.

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US - MA - Bedford/Lowell, Requirements: Master’s degree or higher in the field of instruction or a bachelor's in the field of instruction with a master’s in Education.  Candidates should have worked

US - MA - Bedford/Lowell, Requirements: Master’s degree or higher in the field of instruction or a bachelor's in the field of instruction with a master’s in Education. Candidates should have worked profe