Education

New Tests Push Schools To Redefine 'Good Enough'

3:07pm August 10, 2015

by Cory Turner

Five million students are waiting to hear whether they made the cut after taking a new round of tests aligned to the Common Core standards. The answers have been tallied, but what counts as passing?

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The Life And Death Of The Summer Job

8:33am August 09, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Summertime means summer jobs for many college students. But a summer job just doesn't have the purchasing power it used to, especially when you compare it with the cost of college.

Maybe she goes to school in Wyoming, where no schools start after 8:30 a.m.

States Haven't Embraced Later School Start Times For Teens

12:51pm August 08, 2015

by Richard Harris

Last year the nation's pediatricians said middle and high schoolers shouldn't start school before 8:30 a.m., so they can get much-needed sleep. But almost all schools start before that, the CDC finds.

Politics In The Classroom: How Much Is Too Much?

3:11pm August 06, 2015

by Steve Drummond

Two authors argue that teachers should embrace controversial issues to help students learn the political process. But, they say, context is key.

Joseph Straus, 6, rides a zip line at the Berkeley Adventure Playground, where kids can "play wild" in a half-acre park that has a junkyard feel.

Play Hard, Live Free: Where Wild Play Still Rules

6:53pm August 05, 2015

by Eric Westervelt

A California playground embraces the value of wild play.

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High school students held a protest against a Jefferson County School Board proposal to emphasize patriotism in the teaching of U.S. history, at Ralston Valley High School, Arvada, Colo., in September. The protests were over the Colorado school district's

The New, New Framework For AP U.S. History

1:47pm August 05, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

After its 2014 Advanced Placement U.S. history framework became a target of intense criticism, the College Board did something unusual: It agreed to a rewrite.

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Scientists are experimenting with ways of combating racism while we sleep

So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?

9:51am August 05, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Scientists are working on ways to train our brains away from deeply held prejudices — including hacking your subconscious while you sleep.

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The Play's The Thing — High School Productions Down The Decades

10:21am August 03, 2015

by Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello looks at the most-produced shows at high schools through seven decades and ponders what the choices made by drama teachers tell us.

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The Students Who Keep Teachers Inspired

8:12am August 03, 2015

In a commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education, professor Charles Rinehimer pays tribute to the completely engaged students who gave him the strength to deal with tough cases.

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan (second from left) speaks with inmate Terrell Johnson, a participant in the Goucher College Prison Education Partnership.

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The Plan To Give Pell Grants To Prisoners

7:53pm July 31, 2015

by Gabrielle Emanuel

The Obama administration unveiled a pilot program Friday morning that will once again give some prisoners access to Pell Grants, a form of federal student aid.

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