Education

Philadelphia Schools: Another Year, Another Budget Crisis

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by Claudio Sanchez

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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The Allen Company alphabet board dates back to 1840.

A Collection Of Clues To America's Educational Past

8:03am November 02, 2014

by Elissa Nadworny

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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Jury Finds Tradition Is No Excuse For Brutal Hazing

2:25pm November 01, 2014

by Greg Allen

Dante Martin faces a possible 22 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of fellow Florida A&M band member Robert Champion.

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The New Vocabulary Of Urban Education

10:32am October 31, 2014

by Eve Abrams

The names that many big-city schools, teachers and students use to describe themselves are changing. Exhibit A: New Orleans.

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Black Students Gather At Harvard To Watch 'Dear White People'

2:22pm October 30, 2014

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Dear White People follows the stories of four black students at a prestigious, majority white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to the campus.

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A Helping Hand To High Achievers

12:15pm October 29, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will invest $10 million over two years to help top students from poor families into college.

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Vigil Honors Fired UNCG Employees

9:15pm October 28, 2014

Dozens of people gathered on UNC Greensboro's campus Tuesday to show their support for two photographers and their supervisor who were fired last month and now face criminal charges.

Vincent Flewellen leads a lesson on Ferguson during his eighth-grade multicultural studies course at Ladue Middle School.

Some St. Louis Teachers Address Ferguson With Lessons On Race

8:21pm October 28, 2014

by Tim Lloyd

Educators in St. Louis are using events in Ferguson to spark discussions about race and class in a deeply segregated region. Others have found approaching the subject a difficult task.

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Former Band Member On Trial In Florida A&M Hazing Death

6:30pm October 28, 2014

by Greg Allen

Three years after Florida A&M student Robert Champion died after a beating on a bus, a member of the university's marching band is on trial for manslaughter.

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Step 1: Line up the C scale and D scale on the left index.

The Slide Rule: A Computing Device That Put A Man On The Moon

2:54pm October 28, 2014

by Elissa Nadworny

Before the smartphone, the laptop and the pocket calculator, there was a powerful mechanical computer. Our new series, Tools of the Trade, begins with a look at the slide rule.

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