Plan to Close or Restructure 21 Chicago Schools Draws Quick Reaction
By REBECCA VEVEA Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s education team made its first attempt at improving struggling schools last week, and…
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U.S. Urges Creativity by Colleges to Gain Diversity
By SAM DILLON The Obama administration on Friday urged colleges and universities to get creative in improving racial diversity…
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Hey, Gov. Christie, are these kids drug mules too?
by: Rosi Efthim Yellow school buses were stacked up and down West State Street as far as the eye…
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Parents: New education bill would hurt public schools
By Samantha Henry, Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Education activists and parents rallied Wednesday against a bill that…
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Two Decades On, Opportunity Scholarship Act Remains Moving Target
Advocates and opponents struggle to shape final bill and get it in front of entire legislature By John Mooney…
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Districts Pay Less in Poor Schools, Report Says
By SAM DILLON Education experts have long argued that a basic inequity in American schooling is that students in…
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Speak Up Highland Park plans Occupy NJDOE event
Written by Alex Frazee | Editorial Intern HIGHLAND PARK — Darcie Cimarusti, a member of the Speak Up Highland…
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Opponents of NJ school vouchers hold rally
Associated Press JERSEY CITY— Education activists and parents rallied in Jersey City on Wednesday against a bill that would…
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Charter Schools Sue State, Claiming They’ve Been Shortchanged
Latest development only adds to the tensions between charters and the districts that host them By John Mooney, November…
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Union fears privatization in Trenton schools unlikely to stop
By Matt Fair/The Times TRENTON – First they came for the district’s cafeteria workers, then for its security staff…
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Bullying tools for teachers
Bullying is a community issue that extends beyond the school campus and is prevalent online. The American Federation of…
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How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools
Lee Fang This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. If the…
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