EDUCATION

Higher Dropout Age May Not Lead To More Diplomas

by: Claudio Sanchez

Do Law Schools Cook Their Employment Numbers?

by: Larry Abramson

Stricter Oversight Looms for Education Collaboratives

Date: 01/09/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

The Massachusetts senate is back in session and one of its first items of business is a bill that calls for stricter oversight of the state's special education collaboratives. New England Public Radio's Henry Epp reports....

Former Head of Massachusetts Schools Weighs in on Tenth Anniversary of No Child Left Behind

Date: 01/09/2012

Contributor: Susan Kaplan

The sweeping federal education reform act called No Child Left Behind was signed into law in January of 2002. The cornerstone of the legislation---more standards-based academic testing and strict accountability measures. But...

Classes Teach Soldiers To Be 'Army Strong'

Rise In Spanish Speakers Has School Trying To Adapt

by: Annie Gilbertson

Year over year, the number of Spanish-speaking kindergarteners at Vardaman Elementary School in northeast Mississippi has been on the rise.

Census numbers show the South has the fastest-growing Hispanic population in the...

Online School Helps Grown-Ups Finish College

by: Larry Abramson

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