New Mexico bill would force st...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s high school juniors would be required to apply to at least one college or show they...
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Football’s decline has s...
By BEN NUCKOLS – ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — On a cool and rainy afternoon during the first week of classes at Centennial High...
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BOSTON (AP) — Nicholas Fuentes is dropping out of Boston University and heading south, pressing ahead with his right-wing...
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The often-combative Texas Board of Education would expand its ability to reject textbooks it doesn’t like, rolling back limits that...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jennifer Garner has called on Congress to do more to support early childhood education. The actress testified...
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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a few more good women. And this time the campaign...
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BROWNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A hilltop village near the Canadian border grew to more than double its usual population of about 900 on...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — More Nevada students opted out of the state-mandated Common Core test this year compared to last year, when...
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SALT LAKE CITY The Latest on the Utah primary election Republican voter Ernie Cassler says he’s casting his primary ballot for...
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By HANNAH DREIER – CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Maria Arias slipped her notebooks into her backpack, scrounged for a banana...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Candelario Jimon Alonzo came to the U.S. dreaming of becoming something more than what seemed possible...
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Instead of a predetermined list of 25 words for the final two or three spellers, they’ll now have to get through up to 75 words....
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Board of Education has adopted new math standards for grades kindergarten through 12, which revises...
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Semi-automatic rifles, once rare on campuses, are becoming a standard part of the arsenal for college security forces. Once a rarity...
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – An effort to repeal national educational standards in math and reading is moving forward in the Kansas...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly three dozen religious colleges and universities in 20 U.S. states have received federal waivers...
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VERONA, Va. (AP) — Security concerns have prompted officials in a Virginia county to close schools after parental objections to...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A task force is recommending that New York state overhaul and rename the Common Core learning standards, shorten...
read moreLiberty president calls for an...
By STEVE SZKOTAK – RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students, staff and faculty...
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By CHRISTINE ARMARIO – Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this...
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