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Who are the most powerful influences on students' academic achievement? Teachers? School administrators? D.C. Beltway policy wonks? Foundation officials? Civil rights organizations? Most people with common sense would point to children's parents. Whether or not they grew up in a family (i.e., not in an
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BOSTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has found an unusual ally in her criticism of Donald Trump's choice for education secretary. The Massachusetts Charter Public School Association sent a letter to the Massachusetts Democrat Monday raising concerns about Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.
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BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she's troubled by the record of Donald Trump's pick for education secretary. The Massachusetts Democrat said Betsy DeVos' advocacy for school choice and charter schools amounts to support for policies that would drain taxpayer dollars from public
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CAMBRIDGE — Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, whose time at the helm of the elite institution has been defined by both her fund-raising acumen and an at-times uneasy relationship with campus social justice activists, will be stepping down from her post at the conclusion of the academic year. In a
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Politicians and policy experts have argued for two decades about the merits of charter schools, with many studies showing the alternative public schools perform as well as or better than traditional tax-funded schools. But what do parents think?
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(CNSNews.com) – Kevin Chavous, a Democrat and former D.C. councilman, said he believes in school choice, and he's a "great friend" of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's nominee for Education Secretary, who also supports school choice. "And, look, the only people who are
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(CNSNews.com) – Judging by the results of a parental satisfaction survey, traditional assigned-district public schools "may be an endangered species," according to a new report from Education Next. The first-of -its-kind survey, which was released Tuesday in Washington, D.C., compared parental satisfaction ratings for traditional assigned-district public
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The results are in for one of the most important global rankings in education — and the scores for the United States aren't good. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a test completed by more than 500,000 15-year-old students in 72 countries every three years in
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