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Teaching Climate Change in Schools
For the first time ever, national educational standards for grades K-12 will link global warming tr…
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Chinese Escapee Reportedly Under U.S. Protection
The escape of human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng became another sensitive issue between U.S. and C…
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SpaceX Braces for Historic Launch
This Saturday, if all goes as planned, the privately owned spaceflight company SpaceX will launch i…
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Why Is There So Much Student Loan Debt?
Student loan debt in the U.S. has reached more than $1 trillion, and more and more potential colleg…
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Will 'Common Core' Standards Boost Reading Skills?
Each school day, about 15 million public schoolchildren in kindergarten through third grade are wor…
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Community Colleges Struggle to Help All Learners
Because they're affordable and admit most anyone who wants to learn, community colleges are becomin…
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Criminal Charges for Classroom Issues in Texas
In Texas, and some other states around the country, misbehaving in the classroom could get you much…
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Egypt's Morsi Hopes to Allay Fears
Recently, Egypt's election commission announced that Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candida…
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Gulp! NYC Mayor Aims to Ban Large, Sugary Drinks
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week his aim to ban the sale of large, sugary …
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Melinda Gates on Tackling Education Reform
The dropout problem in American high schools is often referred to as a crisis, and educators say th…
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