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Barbara R. Morgan, a former teacher, is about to fulfill a two-decade-old dream by becoming the first ?educator astronaut.? Read more
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A full scholarship has been offered to Jeremy Hernandez, a struggling former student who kicked open the back door of a tipping school bus with 50 children. Read more
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A Jewish ?migr? from Nazi-occupied Vienna, Raul Hilberg helped begin the field of Holocaust studies with his long, detailed 1961 study of the massacre of European Jews. Read more
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A 16-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the shooting death of his high school principal. Read more
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In a new book, Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland of Project Zero ? an arts-education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education ? argue forcefully for the benefits of art education, while still defending their 2000 thesis. Read more
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Two Rider University officials and three fraternity members were charged in connection with the death of a freshman last March during a hazing ritual. Read more
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The federal Department of Education still has no system to detect misconduct by lenders and protect student borrowers, a new government report says. Read more
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Several states set a goal of graduating fewer than 60 percent of their students, according to a study. Read more
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For one teacher, the introduction to his new high school?s academic standards proved a fitting preamble to a disastrous year. Read more
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Plenty of presidents at state universities have come up with plans for growth and improvement. But few have created a strategy as rigorous or transparent as the one at the University of Kentucky. Read more
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Nelnet, a student loan company, agreed to pay into a fund to educate high school students about financing college, settling an inquiry into its business practices. Read more
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Officials said that the Paterson public schools would remain under state control after a new report found continuing problems. Read more
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Norma Gabler became the public face of a crusade with her husband to rid schoolbooks of content they considered antifamily, anti-American and anti-God. Read more
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An original architect of the No Child Left Behind Act suggested the law should take into account more varied indicators of school performance. Read more
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Colleges across the county are engaged in a grand social experiment to fuse academic and social life. Is the party over? Read more
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How the Greeks learned to stop worrying and live with the Roman goddess of wisdom. Read more
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Rutgers running back Ray Rice is one player who has benefited from Play It Smart, a nonprofit program to help football players in inner-city schools with their studies. Read more
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A workshop for low-income students teaches them that their life experiences can be as powerful as stellar grades. Read more
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Todd Walker imparts the importance of staying away from violence by taking his young athletes to graveyards and mortuaries. Read more
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There will hardly be any summer break for 30 high-achieving and low-income students in New Jersey who are participating in a new program aimed at eventually getting them into the nation?s best colleges. Read more
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Almost half the nation?s school districts have significantly decreased the daily class time spent on subjects like science and history as a result of the federal No Child Left Behind law?s focus on annual tests in reading and math. Read more
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At the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., all 1,345 students must work 15 hours per week to pay off the entire cost of tuition ? $15,900 per year. Read more
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The state will continue, however, to oversee academic instruction in the Newark and Jersey City public schools. Read more
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Nearly three dozen students and former students have been charged in what authorities called a grades-for-cash scheme at a California community college. Read more
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The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to fire Ward Churchill, whose remarks about the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks led to a national debate on free speech. Read more
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