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- Progress WatchWhy Miami-Dade schools won prestigious Broad Prize for urban districtsMiami-Dade County Public Schools has been steadily chipping away at the achievement gap. After being a finalist four other times, the district won the Broad Prize for Urban Education on Tuesday.
- Chicago schools chief out after run-ins with Mayor Rahm EmanuelChicago schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard, recruited just 17 months ago by Rahm Emanuel, is stepping down nearly four weeks after the teachers strike. He reportedly infuriated the mayor.
- How tougher classes in high school can help kids make it through collegeSome 40 percent of students are failing to graduate from college in six years. A study calls for higher-quality college prep, with more advanced math, advanced placement classes, and better advising.
- Supreme Court: If affirmative action is banned, what happens at colleges?Nine states have tried to achieve campus diversity through other means, with mixed results. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court takes up an affirmative action case from the University of Texas at Austin.
- 15 must-read books about K-12 education in the US Confused by the rhetoric? Here are 15 books to help you understand public education in the US today.
- 'Won't Back Down': A film to spur parent-led coups on public schools?'Won't Back Down' portrays a parent and teacher leading a takeover effort at a failing school. It has become a centerpiece in debates over the best ways to make troubled schools better, and more responsive to parents.
- Traditional or charter schools? Actually, they help each other, study says.A new study suggests that best practices from charter schools can help student achievement at underperforming public schools. The issue is getting the two to cooperate.
- Amid rise in high school hazing, concern over increasingly sexual natureAllegations of hazing against two high school sports teams – one in California, one in Massachusetts – point to an increase in high school hazing as well as a turn toward sexual acts.
- Chicago teachers strike ends, but political fallout is just beginningWith the strike, teachers fought back against reforms that they say come hand-in-hand with vilifying teachers. But the strike also exposed rifts in the Democratic Party over education policy that had never been put in such stark relief.
- Chicago strike: It's back to school as teachers accept key reformsMayor Rahm Emanuel hailed the agreement ending the Chicago school strike as 'an honest compromise.' The union made concessions on both teacher evaluations and seniority. Schools reopen Wednesday.
- As strike goes on, parent support wavers for Chicago teachersSigns are mounting that parent support for striking Chicago teachers, which has been strong, is eroding the longer the strike lasts. Union will decide later Tuesday whether to accept the contract that would end the strike.
- Strike-ending 'framework' in place for Chicago teachers as Big Labor flexes muscleUnion influence may have waned, but organized labor planned to rally in Chicago on Saturday to support what appear to be two rare union victories in Chicago and neighboring Wisconsin.
- Karen Lewis: Fiery Chicago Teachers Union chief takes on wrath of RahmAn Ivy League union organizer with deep ties to Chicago's community activists, Karen Lewis is emerging as the new face of resistance to a national education reform movement. She's a match for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's storied temper, backers say.
- Chicago teachers strike: Illegal under Illinois law?Illinois state law could bar teachers from striking on anything except pay and benefits, but the Chicago teachers strike is also about class size, job security, and teacher evaluations. Mayor Rahm Emanuel can take the union to court – but at a risk.
- U.S. News college rankings: not the only way to judge schoolsThe U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of colleges is out. But there are other rankings available, giving prospective students and their families information that may be more useful.
- Why Obama wants Chicago teachers strike to go away – fastThe Chicago teachers strike, which exposes a Democratic Party rift between support for unions and for the education reforms backed by Obama, could hardly come at a worse time for the president.
- In Chicago strike, teachers draw a line on education reformA key question in Chicago's first teacher strike in a generation is whether teachers will accept new rules on education reform issues ranging from teacher evaluations to seniority.
- Chicago teachers strike: Is Rahm Emanuel's test a challenge for Obama?The Chicago teachers strike takes the struggle over union demands to a bastion of Democratic control, a concern for Mayor Emanuel and President Obama, who will need union support in November.
- Pioneering way to fight sexual assault on campus: phone appsSeveral new smart phone apps designed to help prevent sexual assault at colleges – and even high schools – are coming online. They've had some surprising results.
- FocusIs top-ranked Massachusetts messing with education success?Massachusetts public schools produce students who are top in the nation in reading and math. Here's what the state did to get there, and here's why its shift to the new Common Core standards worries some experts.