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Cheating Teachers Teach Cheats

Victor Dorff | Posted 06.03.2013 | Politics
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Victor Dorff

Cases of teachers and principals changing their students' answers after the test, or filling in the correct answers that students left blank, have made headlines in recent months.

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The Cheating Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Jason Stanford | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
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Jason Stanford

A new General Accounting Office report demonstrates that cheating by school officials on standardized tests has become commonplace despite the use of security measures the report recommends.

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Secretary Of Education Admits Standardized Test Have Big Flaws

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Klein | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan conceded Tuesday that there are serious flaws in standardized testing, telling attendees at a meeting of the Americ...

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School Turnaround Americorps Program Will Cost $15M, Target Poor Performance Says Arne Duncan

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- High school dropouts are costing some $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue every year, education advocates said in a report released Monday....

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Arne Duncan Presses Stricter Gun Laws

AP | Posted 02.04.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining more than ...

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Arne Duncan: Toll Of Student Deaths 'Untenable'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.02.2013 | Politics
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in a forthcoming interview with Bloomberg Radio, reiterated his plans for a big push on early childhood educa...

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Arne Duncan To Stay At Education Department, Source Says

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 03.16.2013 | Home
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WASHINGTON — An Education Department official says Secretary Arne Duncan will remain in President Barack Obama's Cabinet into a second term. Th...

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Duncan Chokes Up Over 'Haunting' Gun Violence: Too Many Children Saying 'If' I Grow Up

Posted 12.23.2012 | Home
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is calling for action against gun violence, fighting back tears during his first public interview since the sc...

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Arne Duncan Hails Newtown Teachers' 'Quiet Heroism'

Posted 12.19.2012 | Home
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is visiting Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, following the Friday massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that took the ...

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Duncan Calls For Textbooks To Become Obsolete

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 12.02.2012 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it. Education S...

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Has Teach For America Betrayed Its Mission?

Reuters | Posted 10.16.2012 | Home
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By Stephanie Simon Aug 16 (Reuters) - When Wendy Kopp, just out of Princeton, founded Teach for America in 1989, she d...

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Higher Education, Student Loans: Victors and Victims

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 10.07.2012 | College
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Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

By producing a comprehensive plan for the reform of higher education in a manner that treats students as customers, the Attainment Commission can put them on the road to being victors rather than victims.

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Arne Duncan: Parents Are Children's Most Important Teachers

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO and CAROLE FELDMAN | Posted 08.06.2012 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- A more well-rounded curriculum with less focus on a single test. Higher academic standards and more difficult classwork. Continued cuts ...

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U.S. Secretary Of Education Schools Celebs At Hoops

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 02.24.2012 | Sports
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On a night when Jeremy Lin was expected to be the star, it was another Harvard hoopster that stole the spotlight. During the 2012 NBA All-Star Celebri...

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Duncan To Announce Teacher Contest Focused On Quality

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 04.16.2012 | Home
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WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday spelled out details of a proposed new $5 billion Race to the Top-style competition foc...

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WATCH: Secretary Of Education's Twitter Town Hall On Hispanic Education

Posted 02.09.2012 | Latino Voices
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a Twitter Town Hall on what she termed Hispanic Excellence. Twitter users asked questions in advance and dur...

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Digital Learning Day Is Happening Today

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 04.02.2012 | Home
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Esther Wojcicki

Want to know how we can improve our schools using technology? Want to know how your son/daughter's education can be more effective?

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National Gay Straight Alliance Day Kicks Off In Wake Of Troubling Pepperdine University News

Posted 01.25.2012 | Gay Voices
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their allies have an extra special reason to celebrate across the country today, as Jan. 25...

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In First Round, 11 States Look To Dump No Child Left Behind

Posted 01.15.2012 | Home
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The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 11 states have formally submitted requests for waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Be...

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No Child Left Behind Waivers Will Likely End $650 Million Tutoring Program

AP | CHRIS WILLIAMS | Posted 12.30.2011 | Home
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MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of states intend to apply for waivers that would free their schools from a federal requirement that they set aside hundreds...

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Senators Announce Agreement On No Child Left Behind Overhaul

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.17.2011 | Home
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WASHINGTON — Signaling some unity in the Senate on overhauling the "No Child Left Behind" law, two senators announced Monday an agreement to mov...

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Federal Officials To Visit Tornado-Devastated Joplin's 'Mall School'

AP | Kimberly Hefling | Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
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By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thurs...

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Duncan On Bus Tour To Talk Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 11.07.2011 | Home
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PITTSBURGH — Education Secretary Arne Duncan set out Wednesday on a three-day bus tour across the Rust Belt manufacturing region. His message is...

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WATCH: 'Two Teachers And A Microphone' Rap A Public Letter To Duncan

Posted 10.24.2011 | Home
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Twitter's 140-character allowance wasn't enough for anonymous rapping teacher duo Two Teachers and a Microphone to talk education with U.S. Secretary ...

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To Waive Or Not To Waive

Margaret Spellings | Posted 10.16.2011 | Home
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Margaret Spellings

This is the first of a series of posts former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is writing for The Huffington Post over the next few week...

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