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Principal: Errors Ranked Nevada School Too Highly On 'Best High Schools' List

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.08.2012

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LAS VEGAS — A principal says his suburban high school outside Las Vegas is great, but probably shouldn't win the title of 13th best in the natio...

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Tenure Rights Weaken As States Look To Fire Teachers Who Aren't Performing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire te...

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Performance Still Dismal On National Math, Reading Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.01.2012

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Students performed marginally better over the last two years on the nation's most reliable math and reading exam, according to results released Tuesda...

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Dropout Rates For Minority And Poor Students Disproportionately High

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.14.2012

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Debate over the No Child Left Behind revision continues on the Senate floor as lawmakers attempt to find middle ground on how the education law should...

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Standardized Tests' Measures Of Student Performance Vary Widely: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.10.2011

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The United States has 50 distinct states, which means there are 50 distinct definitions of "proficient" on standardized tests for students. For exa...

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The States That Spend The Most On Education

24/7 Wall Street | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale & Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 07.31.2011

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24/7 Wall Street: When it comes to education, money does not always equal success. An in-depth analysis by 24/7 Wall St. found that states that sp...

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Less Than Half Of College Students Attained Degrees In The Last 6 Years, New Study Shows

Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Center for Education Statistics this week released findings of a longitudinal study that followed the attainment and persistence rates of...

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Minority Students Attending College In Larger Numbers: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new report from the United States Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics indicates that minority students are increasingly ...

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