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by Lesley Lavery, Macalester College and Steve Friess, University...
A growing number of states have passed laws that restrict what teachers can teach about racism.
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by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of...
School board elections are increasingly contested.
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by Casey D. Cobb, University of Connecticut
When people run for school board these days, they often are...
ATLANTA (AP) — Six more indicted Atlanta Public Schools educators have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a standardized test-cheating conspiracy.
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WORK TO DO--First lady Michelle Obama exercises with children from Chicago Public Schools, in her hometown of Chicago, Feb. 28. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) by Darlene Superville Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama says people worried about youth gun violence have to do more than simply tell children they care about the problem and then wind up "going to these funerals and mourning with these kids when there's still work to do."
