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I’m graduating from high school, but what has school actually prepared me for?

January 6, 2014 Hafsa Education, Ideas, Youth issues Leave a comment

I will graduate high school knowing how to take the derivative of complicated logarithmic equations. I will not graduate high school knowing how to

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My kids’ school doesn’t ban books. I checked. And yours?

September 12, 2011 Stacy Mergenthal Civil Rights, Education, Ideas, Literature/Arts/Film, Youth issues One comment

Students in Missouri’s Republic school district won’t find Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five or Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer in their school libraries. Classics like

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Consolidate

When school districts consolidate: pros & cons

April 6, 2011 Mike Davis Economy, Education, Government, Illinois/Midwest Leave a comment

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the state’s legislators are considering the consolidation of school districts in order to save the state money. Quinn has

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Latina moms take on Chicago Public Schools—and win

December 21, 2010 Madonna Gauding Civil Rights, Education Leave a comment

On September 15 of this year, police surrounded a field house at Whittier Dual-Language Elementary School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Andy Donakowski of In

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School reform vs. school choice

March 25, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education Leave a comment

A former champion of No Child Left Behind has written a book criticizing the policy as a failure, especially because it relies on standardized

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