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Higher Education Needs Smarter Spending for Student Success

President Obama says colleges can't keep raising tuition without producing results. Some schools are already organizing around student success.

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The State of Summer School: Teens Are Hitting the Books Year-Round

Top high school students are feeling the pressure to get into the best colleges, so they're signing up for summer school. Willingly.

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A College Degree in Three Years? Why America Needs to Get on Board

Three-year degree programs save money and help students get on with their lives, but American students aren't signing up. They should be.

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Five Categories Jeopardy! Should Avoid During Its "Teachers Tournament"

The popular quiz show wants to honor teachers. To help them out, here are five sensitive subjects the question writers should avoid.

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On the Anniversary of Dr. King's Assassination, Stand Up For Economic Equality

King worked for both racial and economic equality, and died while in the middle of a fight for public employees' right to collectively bargain.

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Should Schools Hold Back Struggling Readers Based on a Single Standardized Test?

Under a new plan in Indiana, third graders who fail a reading test will be held back. But there aren't any new resources to actually teach them.

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Baron Hill: Congress's Best Climate Messenger? Indiana Candidate Nails Climate Messaging: "This is God's Green Earth and We Ought to Respect It"

Baron Hill presents an awesomely reasonable rebuttal to climate-change deniers-it's an object lesson for science-adhering politicians.