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Good News for Recent Grads: Starting Salaries Are Up

A sign that the economy is on the rebound? Average salaries for new grads increased to $51,018.

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A Digital Time Capsule Will Archive the Websites 21st Century Students Find Relevant

The Internet Archive and the Library of Congress are creating a collection of websites that represent the modern student experience.

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The Five Best Projects from the Gates Foundation's Education Technology Competition

Here are our five favorite projects from the Gates Foundation's education technology grant competition.

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Why Teachers Need to Become Leaders

If more educators develop leadership skills, it might be the best reform solution we could hope for.

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Guns vs. Schools: The Onion Satirizes Our National Spending Priorities

What if a Congressional Budget Office mistake accidentally shifted $80 billion from defense to education?

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Teachers in the Trenches Aren't Impressed with Arne Duncan's "Appreciation Letter"

Duncan's open letter to teachers expressing his appreciation for their hard work hasn't exactly been well-received.

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Your Favorite Public Education Reformer Probably Went to Private School

Many of today's prominent education reformers attended private school. Their policies for public schools are a far cry from that experience.

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Checkmate! Chess Program Makes Kids Better Thinkers

Looking for an effective way of teaching kids critical thinking skills, as well as history, math, and reading? Try the world's oldest game.

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Poetry Slams Spur Student Literacy in the South Bronx

In the birthplace of hip-hop a local nonprofit is teaching a different kind of rhyming: the fine art of the poetry slam.

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The Rubik's Cube Makes a Math Class Comeback

Think you can solve a Rubik's Cube in under two minutes? Math teachers are showing kids how.

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Can We Teach Creative and Critical Thinking?

What are the elements of a lesson plan to teach students how to think creatively and critically? And how do we measure what they've learned?