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Gender gap: Why girls don't 'think like a scientist' and boys don't readAnswer: It's not aptitude. A new international study finds that poor performance stems from students' attitudes toward learning, behavior in school, use of leisure time, and confidence in their own abilities.
House Republican leaders defer No Child Left Behind voteHouse GOP leaders on Friday abruptly cancelled a vote to update the No Child Left Behind education law. Repulbican lawmakers said the bill had been trumped by the ongoing debate over funding Homeland Security.
Carnegie Mellon’s mistake crushes hopes of 800 applicantsCarnegie Mellon accidentally sent out acceptance emails to students who were rejected to the school’s computer science master’s program. The university is not the first college to make such an embarrassing clerical error.
Principal in the classroom: Can New Orleans school make it work?When Krystal Hardy took the helm at a struggling charter school, she aimed to follow a new model for a principal – one who has an intense focus on helping teachers improve. Halfway through the school year, she assesses how it's worked.
Bullying prevention: Can students make kindness cool?Schools are increasingly turning to students to develop and implement anti-bullying initiatives designed not just to discourage bullying, but also to empower students to intervene.
Glimmer of hope in eight-year battle to replace No Child Left BehindThe effort to replace No Child Left Behind has become a battle over testing and accountability between groups who see the issue through two very different lenses. But the outlines of a potential solution are becoming clearer.
Too cold to play outside? How one company is reinventing recessThe GoNoodle website provided teachers and classroom-chained children a series of short videos that encourage kids to get up and move with the ultimate goal of improving attention spans and class behavior.
Affair with your professor? Bad idea, says Harvard.Colleges and universities are confronting legal and ethical issues involving sexual relations on campus between faculty and undergraduates. Instead of a ban in cases involving 'unequal status,' Harvard moved to a 'clear prohibition.'
'Humans of New York' blog raises $1M for students facing hurdles to collegeThe 'Humans of New York' fundraising will enable a principal to take her sixth-graders out of their high-crime neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., to visit Harvard.
How Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar video brought the funk to one tech schoolA Dallas school, part of the 18-state New Tech Network, produces a viral dance video – providing a lesson in cinematography and choreography.
Why Tom Hanks is pushing community collegeActor Tom Hanks is backing a government proposal to fund community college. Could the U.S. benefit from making it more accessible?
Sandy Hook families sue Newtown: Can lawsuit prompt security improvements?Schools have been grappling with ways to ensure student safety for years, but experts say the task is easier said than done.
Arne Duncan to GOP Congress: Testing is still essentialAs the new GOP Congress ramps up legislation to curb federal role in public schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan defends annual testing mandates as essential to progress, especially for the most disadvantaged kids.
Harvard Law Title IX violations: Will other colleges take notice?After a four-year investigation, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ruled this week that Harvard Law School violated Title IX in how it handled sexual violence and harassment complaints.
How two words stir controversy on federal plan to rate US collegesUS Education Department releases its draft framework for ranking colleges and universities, but critics warn that there are difficulties and unintended consequences in using 'employment outcomes' as a measure.
States tackle question of how to boost college completion rates for low-income studentsNew report shows how states like North Carolina, Ohio, and Florida are creating 'structured pathways' to help community college students make it through a system where most fail to graduate.
Race in school discipline: Study looks at silence among educatorsMinority students, particularly boys, tend to face far harsher punishments, even at young ages, for the same infractions that non-minority students commit. A new study examines educators' reluctance to talk about the ways they might view students differently.
Why 3 million school children will no longer receive antibiotic-laced chickenThe Urban School Food Alliance, a collective of urban school districts including New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas, aims to use its combined purchasing power to pressure food makers to provide more naturally raised meat to schools across the country.
President Obama to announce $1 billion in funding for preschoolAt a summit Wednesday, the president is expected to announce measures that will include $500 million to expand Early Head Start programs and $250 million in federal grants to enroll 33,000 more children in preschool in 18 states.
Amid Rolling Stone fallout, will college women be reluctant to report rape?After Rolling Stone apologized – and then revised its apology – for its story of an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, advocates for sexual-assault victims are working to ensure that the issue of campus rape doesn't become another casualty.
