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Back in 1983, Boston University's public relations folks decided to have a little fun with April Fools'. They called Joseph Boskin, a professor emeritus of history with a particular fondness for the medieval period, and asked if he could be pitched as an expert on the history of April Fools' Day.

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A group of Teach for America alumni and students of TFA teachers who are critical of the organization are holding a summit this summer in an effort to organize against the organization that is popular with school reformers.

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College counselors offer next steps for high school seniors, who have until May 1 to decide where they will attend college in the fall.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor raises his profile on education, a move that may mean more attention from lawmakers who have been consumed with fiscal issues.

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Who or what is guiding you as you prepare for life after high school?

How have teacher assessment systems changed in the past few years?

Can you choose the average amount pledged by fans of a certain television show after the top 370 donors to its movie product had been removed from the list?

It would be easy to think that the Atlanta cheating scandal by adults on standardized tests is the worst we have seen, given last week's startling indictment against former Atlanta schools superintendent Beverly Hall and 34 others under a law used against mobsters.

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François Taddei uses a playground stand-by - staring in fascination at a busy ant colony - to relate to schoolchildren in a Paris suburb.

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Prosecutors planned to investigate possible sexual abuse at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts after it released a report that detailed allegations against two faculty members who taught there for decades.

Not everyone is impressed with Steve Coll, who will become the new dean at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, but journalists now work in a future he thought a lot about.

As spring break begins Monday for public schools across the District, students are fanning out across the globe on trips designed to impart lessons that can’t be learned from a book.

More than a dozen students from Washington Metropolitan High, a D.C. alternative school, and the selective School Without Walls are journeying to West Africa. They will practice French in Dakar, see the shocking pink waters of Senegal’s salty Lake Retba and witness a slice of rural life in the Casamance region.

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At the heart of college denial letters lies a paradox.

The admissions deans who sign them almost always express sorrow or regret over their decision to turn down an applicant. And yet colleges seeking to attain or maintain prestige reap an undeniable benefit from the act of denial on a massive scale.

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