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Common Core Reading: The High Achievers APM

November 13, 2014 • The Common Core State Standards are changing reading instruction in many schools. And that means new challenges for lots of students, even traditional high achievers.

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John Doar Remembered As A Civil Rights Pioneer

November 11, 2014 • A top civil rights lawyer for the Justice Department in the turbulent 1960s, John Doar made his mark fighting racial discrimination. He was 92.

Communities Struggle To Reach Homeless Students Living In The Shadows

November 11, 2014 • More than 1 million public school students in the U.S. don't have permanent homes. Most live doubled up with family or friends, but many live in motels, emergency shelters, campgrounds — even cars.

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Common Core Reading: 'The New Colossus' APM

November 11, 2014 • The Common Core State Standards have led to big changes in the way many teachers approach reading instruction.

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Asked To Stop Praying, Alaska School Won't Host State Tournament

November 11, 2014 • Alaska's wrestling tournament for small schools will be held next month — but not at Anchorage Christian Schools. A complaint about an introductory prayer led to a request to stop the practice.

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Q&A: Lamar Alexander On Education In The New Congress

November 11, 2014 • The veteran Tennessee senator is poised to take a leading role on education in the Republican-controlled Congress.

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Tools Of The Trade: The Abacus

November 10, 2014 • Many teachers still rely on this centuries-old calculating device to provide a hands-on approach to math.

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5 Great Teachers On What Makes A Great Teacher

November 8, 2014 • For our 50 Great Teachers series, a panel of experts shares thoughts on great teaching: past, present and future.

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For-Profit Colleges Sue The Federal Government Over Student Loan Rules

November 7, 2014 • An industry group calls an attempt to regulate the career college industry "unlawful, arbitrary and irrational."

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Pythagoras' iPhone: Is Listening A Lost Classroom Art?

November 7, 2014 • We began our 50 Great Teachers series with a look at Socrates, which raised a question: Do educators focus enough on teaching students how to listen?

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The Two-Way

Harvard Secretly Photographed Classrooms To Monitor Attendance

November 6, 2014 • Some students and faculty are upset about the surveillance, but lots of colleges do this kind of thing all the time.

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The Secret Lives Of Teachers: Up, Up And Away!

November 6, 2014 • Our series continues as we head into the sky with a social studies teacher with a passion for flying.

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American Made: The New Manufacturing Landscape

In South Carolina, A Program That Makes Apprenticeships Work

November 6, 2014 • Apprenticeship programs have been in decline, but South Carolina is bucking the trend. Nearly 11,000 apprentices have been trained there since 2007 in fields ranging from manufacturing to nursing.

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Charlotte's College Of Faith Lacks A Campus But Not A Football Team WFAE-FM

November 5, 2014 • Normally, colleges create their football teams. But now we have the story of a football coach who created a college. It's an online school called College of Faith in Charlotte, N.C.

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Philadelphia Schools: Another Year, Another Budget Crisis

November 4, 2014 • The city's public schools have lurched from one crisis to the next. The latest: canceling the contract with the teachers' union. Just about everyone worries that there's no long-term fix in sight.

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A mural created by students, with help from the artist Angel Garcia, in the hallway at Flushing International High School in New York City.

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From NYC's International Schools, Lessons For Teaching Unaccompanied Minors

November 4, 2014 • Schools around the U.S. are struggling to accommodate the influx of children from Central America. These schools have been helping students from around the world adjust and learn for years.

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A Collection Of Clues To America's Educational Past

November 2, 2014 • Tucked away in boxes, deep in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, are objects that tell the history of American education.

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