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Holy Bible, 'I Am Jazz' on list of 'challenged' books at libraries

NEW YORK (AP) — On the latest list of books most objected to at public schools and libraries, one title has been targeted nationwide,...

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...

Wisconsin school nixes reading of book about transgender kid

  MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A southern Wisconsin elementary school cancelled a planned reading of a children's book about a transgender girl after a...

Texas board may vote to let academics check school textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas education officials may vote this week to have outside experts check for factual errors in textbooks used in its...

District riven by religious favoritism claims gets monitor

 SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) — When his fifth-grade son struggled with a question on primary colors posed by the TV show "Are You Smarter Than...

LeBron James, Akron making college possible for city kids

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James is giving kids from Akron — ones with challenging backgrounds like his — the chance to go to...

Judy Blume shares an old regret at BookCon gathering

NEW YORK (AP) _ Judy Blume, whose novels helped millions of young people get through childhood, has some regrets about her own youth. The 77-year-old...

Profiles of Philadelphia Amtrak train derailment victims

Eight people were killed in an Amtrak train derailment Tuesday night in Philadelphia. The victims include an Associated Press employee, a midshipman at 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...

Schools nationwide struggle with substitute teacher shortage

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Carrie Swing wasn't alarmed when her fifth-grade daughter, Ivy, spent a day in a first-grade classroom at her San...

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