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- According to a new study, "Facebook is like world's biggest elementary school with 5 million kids under the age of 10"19 hours ago+
- Back to the 19th century? New Jersey education commissioner Christopher Cerf wants to get rid of teacher certification.21 hours ago+
- A week of statewide protests over possible severe cuts to education starts today for California's teachers. 2 days ago+
- The SAT's are trending on Twitter. Good luck to all the high school students taking them on Saturday. (You'll do great!)5 days ago+
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to layoff 4,100 public school teachers, the most pink slipped in the Big Apple since the 1970s5 days ago+
- Budget cuts strike again. Pennsylvania School Districts are considering four-day school weeks to save money.6 days ago+
- The Dream Act is closer to becoming law in California. A bill allowing financial aid for undocumented college students just passed the state Assembly.6 days ago+
- It looks like Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is indeed testing the presidential waters. He gave a major education reform speech in D.C. today.7 days ago+
- The dismantling of Detroit Public Schools continues. Eighteen charter school companies applied to turn 45 Detroit schools into charters by this fall.1 week ago+
- You know education budgets are in dire straits when even wealthy Beverly Hills is trying raise $1 million in one week for schools.
1 week ago+ - Maryland chemistry teacher Michelle Shearer has been named the 61st National Teacher of the Year.1 week ago+
- Strict application rules! A Fairfax, VA student got rejected from the nation's "best" high school because a recommendation letter came one day late.2 weeks ago+
- 90% of students expect peers to drink and drive on prom night, but according to a new study, far fewer actually do.3 weeks ago+
- Watch a crazy realistic dinosaur puppet terrify/delight Australian schoolchildren. This seems like a really effective way of interesting kids in the natural world.4 weeks ago+
- Goodbye chocolaty milk mustache! Citing nutritional concerns, schools are banning chocolate milk from lunch menus.4 weeks ago+
- After just four months on the job, beleaguered New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black will step down tomorrow.1 month ago+
- If schools continue to focus on testing, does “No Child Left Behind” contribute to obesity?1 month ago+
- STEM is not enough for U.S. students to stay competitive, says frog design's Laura Seargeant Richardson. They need to take design classes.2 months ago+
- The School of Visual Arts launches its Products of Design MFA, which acknowledges that designers "aren’t actually in the artifact business at all—they're in the consequence business."2 months ago+
- Majority minority. Hispanic students are now 50.2 percent of Texas' 4.9 million public school children, up from 49 percent in 2010.2 months ago+
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Liz Dwyer
Contributing Editor
Liz is GOOD's education editor. She taught in Guangzhou, China and Compton, California, and worked for Teach For America. She's written for Good Housekeeping, Parenting and numerous online publications.
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