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Student Voices February 11 2024

Student Voice: Is the price too high for standardized tests?

Hear this 11th grader's take on exams like the SAT and ACT

A view shows a classroom one day before the return of the students to school after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were adjusted, in Louisville

Daily News Lesson May 05 2023

Test scores for history and civics drop + Newswrap 5/5/23 + Student video

Discuss why key middle grade testing scores have dropped

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Educator Voices February 04 2022

The trends that drove one educator from teaching started long before COVID

Hear from one educator on why changing expectations of teachers stressed the education system years before the pandemic

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Daily Video May 19 2020

How COVID-19 is changing college admissions

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn how COVID-19 is changing college admissions.

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Daily Video March 09 2016

Changes to the new SAT

Thousands of students across the nation took a new version of the SAT on Saturday.

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Daily Video July 23 2015

New teachers face increasing instability

Teachers make up one of the largest portions of the U.S. workforce, but the more than 200,000 men and women graduating from teaching programs this year face a shortage of jobs, stagnant salaries, increasing focus on standardized testing and growing aversion to tenure.

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