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Teaching for all levels — in one class
May 15, 2012 07:20 
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In Elise Carter’s second-grade class, some students still write their numbers backward or look at their fingers to add. Others race through multiplication tables or search the Web to teach themselves about negative numbers. Read full article ...
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A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school
May 15, 2012 05:00
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This was written by Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author. By Marion Brady Exxon-Mobil is airing education-reform television ads. In the one I’ve seen most often, implicit and explicit messages are simple...
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2012-13 Common Application previews available
May 15, 2012 03:00
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Previews of the 2012-13 Common Application for colleges and universities are now available online, meaning that today’s high school juniors can get an early start on their college admissions hunt. The official Common App won’t go live until...
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Why we’re getting the homework question wrong
May 14, 2012 05:00
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This was written by Vicki Abeles, a mother, activist, and filmmaker. She directed the documentary “Race to Nowhere.” By Vicki Abeles Hayley Eaton was always an academic achiever. Like many American teens, college was uppermost in her mind, as...
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How to really appreciate teachers: Stop the stupid jokes — and more
May 14, 2012 03:00
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This was written by David B. Cohen, who has been a teacher since 1993 and is in his 13th year of teaching in California public high schools. He is National Board Certified, and is associate director of the Accomplished California Teachers group. A...
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Obama’s Barnard commencement speech — text
May 14, 2012 02:51
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President Obama delivered a commencement speech on Monday at Barnard College, a woman’s college in New York affiliated with Columbia University, where he attended and earned a bachelor’s degree after transferring from Occidental College....
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Romney’s Liberty U commencement speech — text
May 14, 2012 02:49
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered the commencement speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., this past weekend. It was seen as an appeal to religious conservatives in the Republican Party who had opposed him...
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Why Mother’s Day founder came to hate her creation (and more on moms, gifts, baby names etc.)
May 13, 2012 05:32
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Your friendly Census Bureau has provided the following facts about mothers, children and there is some surprising history behind the annual ritual we call Mother’s Day (and that some people see as a gift from greeting card companies to...
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The fantasies driving school reform: A primer for education graduates
May 13, 2012 04:45
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This is the text of the commencement speech that Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, gave this past weekend at the Loyola University Chicago School of Education. The institute is a non-profit organization...
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IQ: Willingham on the newest thinking
May 12, 2012 06:39
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This was written by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?” His next book, “When Can You Trust The Experts? How to tell good science from...
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