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Oct 24

Obama calls for capping class time devoted to standardized tests

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Targeting one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time and said the government shares responsibility for turning tests into the be-all and end-all of American schools.

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Oct 20

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At a school with a history of social protest, this teacher is leading an opposition to ‘excessive testing’

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Oct 20

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Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back…

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Oct 07

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Bill and Melinda Gates on the political debate over Common Core standards

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Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the world’s leading philanthropists, sit down with Gwen Ifill in Seattle to discuss their efforts to support education reform and the political battles over the Common Core standards.

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Sep 06

As school begins, many kids still waiting on Common Core results

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

With new backpacks, pens and pencils and clothes, millions of children are back in school or heading there after summer vacation. Many are excited, some are anxious - and still waiting for the results of the new tests they took…

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Aug 29

Initial Common Core scores higher than expected but goals unfulfilled

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Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing.

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Aug 19

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John Kasich: Hunting down undocumented immigrants is ‘not what America is’

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss why he’s ready to run and win, plus the need for a tight border and a path to citizenship for immigrants, setting high educational standards, putting boots…

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Jul 17

5 things to know about Congress’ rewrites of No Child Left Behind

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — No one thinks it'll be easy, but the House and Senate are embarking on negotiations to merge two differing education bills that would rewrite the nation's much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law.

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May 26

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What galvanized standardized testing’s opt-out movement

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As the school year draws to a close, many students are taking standardized tests tied to the Common Core. But in some communities there has been a strong backlash, with parents deciding to opt out of having their children participate.

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Apr 29

Even as online learning grows, America’s students struggle with U.S. history, civics

By Kyla Calvert Mason

The most recent scores of eighth graders on national tests of U.S. history, geography and civics show students’ command of those subjects haven’t increased since the tests, part of a suite of exams known as the Nation’s Report Card, were…

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