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Ed Next Research Finds NCLB Has Produced Substantial National Gains In Math Skills

5.10.10 - How has the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act affected student achievement? This is no idle question

Disparities between white, black students prompt assessment, why?

5.21.10 - The education system in America, Dr. Martin concluded, is still a long way from answering the fundamental question: "Why is it that African-American students...
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Factions dig into details of teacher-evaluation law

5.21.10 - A controversial teacher effectiveness bill that fractured the Democratic Party, made some lawmakers weep and led union members to protest on the...
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Oxford students who take socially useful jobs

5.21.10 - Students at Oxford could be exempt from fees if they later go into "socially useful" jobs, under a blueprint to be considered by the university. ...
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