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College counselors remind students of what to do before, when and after their admission decisions arrive.

The college admissions process might seem random, impersonal and elite, but what actually happens behind the closed doors of the admission committee might be surprising.

Earlier this month I wrote a post about a lawsuit against the U.S. Education Department that charges the agency with promoting regulations that undercut student privacy and parental consent. The suit was filed some time ago by the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center over 2011 regulations involving the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, also known as FERPA, a law that is supposed to protect the privacy of student education records at all schools that receive federal education funds.

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What do parents really want when it comes to school reform? Gregory Michie, a public school teacher in Chicago and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice at Concordia University Chicago, looks into the issue in Chicago, where tensions are high over the newly announced closing of 54 public schools. His latest book is "We Don't Need Another Hero: Struggle, Hope, and Possibilty in the Age of High-Stakes Schooling."

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According to this graphic, what is the percentage of people in the United States who favor same-sex marriage? What was the percentage in 1996?

USA - MA - Cambridge, Candidates should have a Ph.D. or Ed.D. at the time of application or by the end of the current academic year. The degree should be in a relevant behavioral/social science, including but not limited

How can teachers get students to want to learn? Here is an article about the issue, from veteran educator Larry Ferlazzo, adapted from his new book, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies For Student Motivation. Some of the ideas in this excerpt were contributed by his colleagues at Burbank High School. Ferlazzo teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He has written five books on education, writes a teacher advice blog for Education Week Teacher, and has his own popular resource-sharing blog.

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US - VA - Fairfax, Department: History & Art HistoryWeb Announcement:Term Assistant Professor, Western CivilizationThe George Mason University, Department of History and Art History invites applicants for a one-year, r

US - CA - Santa Cruz, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ College Writing Seminar Lecturer PoolThe University of California, Santa Cruz, is recruiting an ongoing pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach sections

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Critics say funneling money to families to choose their preferred schools could further weaken public education.

The Private College 529 Plan lets participants prepay tuition at private colleges and universities, at today’s rates.

Contrary to public perceptions that teachers are unhappy and demoralized, a Gallup survey measuring job satisfaction found that the instructors ranked second only to physicians.

Recent radiology graduates with huge medical school debts are having trouble finding work, let alone the $400,000 jobs that beckoned as they signed on for years of low-paid labor as trainees.