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Best Advice: 'Just Be Nice'

‘What has changed is that it is harder for us to be nice to kids’ — departing veteran principal

After 21 years, a high school principal sends his final staff letter and looks back on his career.

By Valerie Strauss 15 hours ago

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Read the Dueling Letters

Jeb Bush’s ‘Chiefs for Change’ attack Weingarten for something she didn’t say

JEb Bush's "Chiefs for Change" attack AFT President Randi Weingarten for something she didn't say -- and she slaps them back.

By Valerie Strauss 19 hours ago

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It's Big

The college ‘preparation gap’ in a single graphic

There is a "large gap" between how high school teachers perceive their graduating students' readiness for college and what professors expect freshmen to know.

By Valerie Strauss 21 hours ago

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Put Kids in Bathrooms, Closet

‘It’s just our job’ — teacher who saved students from tornado

A teacher at a school demolished by the Oklahoma tornado tells how she and other teachers saved students lives.

By Valerie Strauss 23 hours ago

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Controversial Speaker

Quiet protest staged at Teachers College graduation

Some students quietly protested the choice of speaker Teachers College. Here's why.

By Valerie Strauss May 21, 2013

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Two Videos

Tornado survivor: Our teacher saved our lives

Tornado survivor: Our teacher saved our lives. Watch the video of the teacher/student reunion.

By Valerie Strauss May 21, 2013

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On the Rise

Why ability grouping in schools is a mistake

Teaching to the presumed level of a whole class never works as well as hoped.

By Valerie Strauss May 21, 2013

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It's Hard To Know

Has anybody told Obama about the problems his education policies have caused?

How much has the president been told by his aides about the serious problems his education reform policies have been causing public schools across the country?

By Valerie Strauss May 21, 2013

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Student Gives Commencement Speech

‘I once thought Maryland was below me’

It's not all about STEM. A student gives a telling speech at the commencement ceremonies for the University of Maryland's English Department.

By Valerie Strauss May 21, 2013

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Petition Given to President

Harvard students seek probe of controversial PhD thesis on Hispanics’ IQ

Harvard University students delivered a petition to President Drew Faust demanding an investigation into how the school awarded a doctorate based on a dissertation that claimed that Hispanics are not as smart as whites.

By Valerie Strauss May 20, 2013

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