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Lecturers' union says European data shows Britain risks languishing in 'mid-table obscurity' due to rising cost of learningThe UK has a smaller proportion of adults with A-levels or their equivalent than Poland or Bulgaria, an analysis by the European Union's official statistics agency shows.Several former eastern...(more)
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A ruling that an activist's language skills are insufficient for a City Council seat unsettles border towns where Spanish is used in day-to-day life. An appeal is before the state Supreme Court.For almost a decade, Alejandrina Cabrera has had no trouble speaking her mind in this...(more)
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One teacher explains why students need homework, but only the right kind of homework.
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Quinn wants law to require kids to stay in school until they're 18 Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing state lawmakers to raise the age students can legally drop out of school from 17 to 18, a move aimed at improving graduation rates but one that local...(more)
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Neddy Alvarez nervously eyes two parked police cruisers as she drives down Lorna Place in the central Las Vegas Valley. The red and blue flashing lights — visible even in the early Saturday morning light — has placed the Western High School principal and her two...(more)
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With all Chicago schools set to adopt a 7 1/2 school day this fall, one of the schools where Mayor Rahm Emanuel's longer school day has been hotly debated is Skinner North Elementary School, which added the extra time in September.
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The Russian prime minister prescribes his top 100 books for the nationVladimir Putin has laid out his plans to compile a canon of 100 Russian books "that every Russian school leaver will be required to read" in an attempt to preserve the "dominance of Russian culture".In...(more)
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Public school teachers are seeing their tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire under-performing teachers.
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Government agencies scrutinize companies for saddling students with significant debt and inadequate degreesSen. Dick Durbin is scheduled to hold a forum on the issue in Chicago Monday and plans to introduce legislation that would eliminate the financial incentive for-profit colleges have to aggressively recruit veterans.
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The challenge of schooling globetrotting kids
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Class size, compensation likely to be issues on table for contract talksThe Chicago Teachers Union submitted a list of demands to the Chicago Public Schools on Friday as they and district administrators embark on what is likely to become months of grueling contract negotiations.
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ALBANY — Negotiators reported “significant” progress Friday in the talks to implement a comprehensive teacher evaluation system in New York. State Education Commissioner John King and Richard Iannuzzi, president of the state teachers union, touted the breakthrough in a joint statement released late Friday afternoon.
