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Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The...

Public boarding school _ the way to solve educational ills?

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's chronically struggling school system is considering an idea gaining momentum in other cities: public boarding schools that put round-the-clock...

NASCAR effort focuses on math, science for kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can...

Schools a haven for many unaccompanied minors

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — After 14 years of separation from her parents and a harrowing journey across the U.S. border, Milsa Martinez finds solace...

Silicon Valley's interns enjoy perk-filled summer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Sitting in a kitchen stocked with free food, a handful of 20-something Google summer interns weigh their favorite perks,...

Inner-city school applauds first college graduates

CHICAGO (AP) — Jamil Boldian headed to college four years ago, arriving in small-town Ohio with a one-way Megabus ticket and $17.91 to his...

Why Google should call some Black friends

Google just did something few tech companies have shown interest in doing: It seriously confronted the issue of diversity – or, rather, its lack...

Google says workforce mostly White, male

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very White and male its workforce is — just 2 percent...

Self-effacing Obama hails science fair achievers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama confessed to feeling a little bit, well, unaccomplished. There was the catapult-armed mannequin who shot three-point baskets, the 18-year-old...

2+2=What? Parents rail against Common Core math

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my...

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