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Because Texas is a large buyer of textbooks, the changes approved by the school board will have a broad influence.

A federal commission has determined that the Department of Education discriminated against the principal of an Arabic-language public school in Brooklyn.

The president of Harvard said the university has seen a culture shift since it was suggested there in 2005 that women were unsuited to careers in math and science.

Dr. Taylor conducted research in more than 70 countries and helped establish international health as a distinct academic field in the United States.

A guest post from David Shenk, author of "The Genius in All of Us."

Washington, D.C.'s H.D. Woodson High School has a new coach for its boys varsity football team: Her name is Natalie Randolph. Randolph could be the only female high school varsity football coach in the country. She discusses her new job.

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High school seniors are hoping to impress colleges by sending videos of themselves at work and at play. The mini-movies range from slick creative productions to amateur-hour card tricks. Although many say there's no stopping the YouTube generation from making and submitting their "video essays," others worry the application process is becoming more like American Idol.

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College admissions officers are weeding through a record number of applications this year. Kathleen Kingsbury, an education reporter for the Daily Beast, spent time inside the room with admissions officers as they sift through applications. Kingsbury discusses what makes a student stand apart.

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How to make it to the top of the engrossing professor-ranking site, RateMyProfessors.com.

In this lesson, students consider the purpose of the census and examine the issues surrounding the 2010 census. They then do one of several multidisciplinary activities designed to make it relevant to their experience, perspective and learning.

The deal would bundle a bill on student loan overhaul into an expedited budget package along with the Democratic health care legislation.

The lessons drawn from Kansas City's decision to shutter nearly half its schools.

Student Opinion | Tell us what mementos from your childhood you still hold on to, and why.

The decision to shutter 28 of its 61 schools reveals the depth of dysfunction in the chaotic, almost nonfunctioning Kansas City School Board.

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Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington made the rare move of hiring a woman, Natalie Randolph, to coach its football team.

Uncertainty about the amount of state aid in the 2009-10 school year has school districts across Illinois in a bind over staffing and planning for the coming year.

A high school in Wayne County, N.C., has a student population that is poor and 99 percent black. That's not the case at other public high schools in the same county. The disparity has prompted a civil rights inquiry — and complaints about what one leader calls "re-segregation."

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Despite a highly critical state audit, the FAME school won renewal of its charter for another five years in a vote by the Alameda County Board of Education.

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