Education

Advocates for Common Core standards say it will be harder for states to hide their failing schools.

Education Reform Movement Learns Lesson From Old Standards

10:08am July 05, 2013

by Cory Turner

Under the No Child Left Behind law, states saw low test scores and the lowering of score standards. Advocates for the more rigorous Common Core standards say it will be harder for states to hide their failing schools.

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NC Ranks Near the Bottom in Teacher Salaries

5:36pm July 01, 2013

by Keri Brown

Summer break is in full swing for many students across the country, but many educators are already preparing for the new school year. Some North Carolina educators are in Atlanta this week for the National Education Association's 151^st annual Representative Assembly.

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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Students Compete for LEGO Trophy

12:43pm July 01, 2013

by Keri Brown

LEGOs have captured the imagination of children for decades as building blocks for all sorts of creative designs. On Friday, elementary and middle school students from Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools built robots from the classic toy during a special competition at the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.

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Anthony Nicodemo is head basketball coach at Saunders High School in Yonkers, N.Y.

'I Am A Gay High School Basketball Coach'

5:03pm June 30, 2013

by NPR Staff

When Anthony Nicodemo finally worked up the courage to tell his players he was gay, he was prepared for the worst. He didn't expect what happened next.

Tea Party members protest Common Core in Ocala, Fla., in April. The new educational standards, adopted by almost all the states, are the object of a growing conservative backlash.

Among Conservatives, Concerns Grow Over New School Standards

6:10pm June 24, 2013

by Cory Turner

Forty-six states and Washington, D.C., have signed on to the Common Core State Standards, a set of K-12 standards meant to ensure that students are reaching the same learning benchmarks nationwide. But as states begin implementing the standards, many conservatives have come out against them.

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National Study Shows Improvements in NC Child Health & Education

1:58pm June 24, 2013

by Keri Brown

A national report ranks North Carolina 35^th in the nation in child well-being.

Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Math

11:17am June 21, 2013

Should you skip the bedtime stories and do math problems instead? Laura Overdeck, the founder of "Bedtime Math," thinks so. Overdeck discusses her program for tucking kids in with equations, and tells why she thinks it helps kids keep up their math skills over summer vacation.

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After Latest Gaffes, OSU President Gee To Retire

4:16pm June 20, 2013

by Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio)

President of Ohio State University Gordon Gee, 69, is retiring. The announcement comes a week after a recording surfaced of comments he made about Catholics and Southerners that some found offensive. Gee has apologized for his recent remarks, which were reportedly intended as jokes.

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Home-Schooled Students Fight To Play On Public School Teams

6:42pm June 18, 2013

by Steve Walsh

Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making home-schooled students eligible to play for their local school teams. But in Indiana, an attempt to find a middle ground hasn't calmed the debate.

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Winston-Salem Event Raises Money for Systems Thinking Camp

6:36pm June 18, 2013

by Keri Brown

Author and national business strategist Peter Senge spoke to Triad business leaders and educators during a luncheon Tuesday at the Embassy Suites in downtown Winston-Salem.