We don't imagine a long line of folks gathering at the state Capitol to defend the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS.
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Written by admin on March 16th, 2009
Written by admin on March 16th, 2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday sharply criticized America's public school system and outlined a strategy to reward good teachers and fire bad ones, establish uniform academic achievement standards and ...
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Written by admin on March 16th, 2009
A long-hidden message has been discovered inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch, the Smithsonian's Museum of American History announced Tuesday.
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Written by admin on March 7th, 2009
A recent study reports that high school students who study fewer science topics, but study them in greater depth, have an advantage in college science classes over their peers who study more topics and spend ...
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Written by admin on March 7th, 2009
The legislation would minimize the importance of the much-criticized standardized tests, and instead encourage schools to prepare students for success after high school.
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Written by admin on March 7th, 2009
A federal appeals court has decided against a Florida group seeking to nullify a rule that prevented many judicial candidates from answering survey questions on issues such as abortion, school vouchers and gay ...
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Written by admin on March 6th, 2009
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor partly blames No Child Left Behind for Americans' lack of civic knowledge, and her new site promotes an active role in democracy.
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Written by admin on March 6th, 2009
March is Arts Education Month, which makes it fitting to point out that when school budgets get cut to the bone, as they are in this current budget crisis, art and music education are always among the first ...
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Written by admin on March 6th, 2009
Fortunately, we have Keith Olbermann to point out that Rush Limbaugh did not accurately quote the preamble to the Constitution in his CPAC speech last weekend.
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Written by admin on March 6th, 2009
Home-school students in Kentucky could qualify for state-funded merit college scholarships under a proposal the state Senate has approved.
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