AP-NORC POLL: RACE, INCOME DIVIDE VIEWS OF SCHOOLS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this July 24, 2013 file photo, first grade teacher Lynda Jensen walks with her class of 30 children at Willow Glenn…
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MEXICO HEADS BACK TO SCHOOL WITH FLAWED TEXTBOOKS
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON FILE – In this April 9, 2013 file photo, primary school students study in their classroom in Acapulco, Mexico. Children in Mexico will find new textbooks…
AP-NORC POLL: PARENTS BACK HIGH-STAKES TESTING
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this April 18, 2013, file photo, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School principal Robin Robbins, center, meets with students during an after-school study program…
IN ALA., GOP DICTATES NEW LANDSCAPE FOR EDUCATION
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Alabama Education Association Executive Director Dr. Henry Mabry addresses members of the Alabama Education Retirees Association at a…
TEXAS RETHINKING ITS TESTING, CURRICULUM STANDARDS
By WILL WEISSERT Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, stands with her daughters Isabella, left, and Guinevere, right, outside their school in Austin, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2013. Texas has been a…
MOST INDICTED ATLANTA SCHOOLS EDUCATORS SURRENDER
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo released by the Fulton County Jail, Derrick Broadwater is seen in a booking photo, in Atlanta. Broadwater, an educator is named in a…
SHOULD LAWS BE COLORBLIND? SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN
By HOPE YEN In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole, 21, poses for a photo on the campus in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major,…
CHICAGO TEACHERS GET NOTICE OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS
By SARA BURNETT and JASON KEYSER William Penn Elementary School Council Representative Rev. Dr. Brian Henderson speaks at a news conference held by the Committee to Save North Lawndale Schools,…