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In the mid-1800s, frantic prospectors joined the Gold Rush in quest of the mother lode that would make them fabulously rich. The New...
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Doing the right thing the wrong way can be as ruinous as not doing it at all when plans for carrying it out are logistically...
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Commentary and Interview: As we approach the end of September, we have tried to honor all those who died 19 years ago on 9/11....
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The Flipped Classroom concept is when traditional classroom activities and homework are reversed in order so that students interact...
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While the predominant focus in education in recent years has been on exposing women to STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
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There are a variety of sources of student errors in math, and labeling them ‘careless’ might mean missing a chance to help students...
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Teacher certification is not all kit’s cracked up to be. Being licensed is a qualification for employment, but one should not...
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Michael F. Shaughnessy First of all, can you tell us a bit about yourself- your education and experience? My grandfather was a...
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A Department of Education investigation that should have taken two weeks was fast-tracked by them and therefore took only two years....
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By Mila Koumpilova Photos by Max Herman for Chalkbeat As the promise of spring hung over Chicago, three teenage boys tussled with...
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There are times when schools need to intervene to try to bring some serenity into the lives of star-crossed students. A child at...
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“Policymakers in the field of science are unaware of the fact that knowledge and research are necessary to achieve revolutionary and...
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In compliance with principal’s orders, a first-year middle school teacher stands outside the opened door of his class to keep...
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When this school year started, nobody could predict how it would end. The pandemic had put it on indefinite hold, upended our daily...
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Most of the time, academic credentials are required to obtain professional certification in areas related to psychotherapy, but that...
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White pupils from low income families are falling behind “every step of the way”, an education committee says. White...
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Police officers have body cams. Courts have cameras. Shouldn’t there be such recording devices in every public school...
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by Greg Forster OCPA carries my article on secularization and schooling: Our schools produce secularization because they are forced...
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Ben White via Unsplash Joshua Klein Glenn Loury, a Brown University economics professor and host of the video blog The Glenn Show,...
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