Education

Will the GOP's Budget Cuts Gut the Middle Class?

On the chopping block: public education, food stamps, and social services.

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| Mon Jan. 17, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Education Roundup: Huck Finn, Textbook Errors, and Resegregation

This week: A Republican school board votes to abolish school integration policies, plus more national education news.

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| Fri Jan. 14, 2011 2:00 PM PST

How to Handle a "Challenging" Classroom

Scenes from a "challenging" Mission High class.

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| Fri Jan. 14, 2011 7:00 AM PST

Tea Party Backed School Board Kills School Integration in Raleigh, North Carolina

Will tea partiers kill one of the few school improvement ideas that work?

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| Thu Jan. 13, 2011 4:34 PM PST

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Black Writers and English Teachers on Huck Finn

An African-American high school English teacher explains why "the n-word" alone wouldn't keep "Huck Finn" out of his classroom.

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| Thu Jan. 13, 2011 10:00 AM PST

What If Loughner Sought Mental Health Help in High School?

Of 15 million young people diagnosed with a mental disorder, only one-quarter receive the treatment they need. Here's why.

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| Wed Jan. 12, 2011 3:30 PM PST

State (of Emergency) Education Roundup: Charters and Budget Woes

The charters are coming! The charters are coming! and other news on education this week.

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| Fri Jan. 7, 2011 12:10 PM PST

What California's School "State of Emergency" Really Means

Will voters agree to higher taxes to save schools like Mission High?

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| Fri Jan. 7, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Jerry Brown vs. the Parent Trigger Law?

California's new governor shakes up the education board.

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| Thu Jan. 6, 2011 1:26 PM PST

Bowdlerizing Huck

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| Tue Jan. 4, 2011 12:25 PM PST

Can Glee Club Reduce High School Dropout Rates?

Maybe—if this choir teacher can keep his job.

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| Thu Dec. 23, 2010 4:00 AM PST

For-Profit College Loan Fail

Nearly half of all loan dollars to for-profit college students ends up in default.

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| Wed Dec. 22, 2010 8:29 AM PST

The Mary Poppins of Raw Kale?

Not far from the foodie capital of San Francisco, a Mission elementary school tastes change.

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| Tue Dec. 21, 2010 4:00 AM PST

"Anti-Racist" Geometry Lessons Explained

Mission High principal Eric Guthertz talks test scores, "Waiting for Superman," and why teachers' unions aren't the problem with schools.

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| Mon Dec. 20, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Does Creative Writing Help Kids Succeed?

The Miss K Files: Scenes from English teacher Tadd Scott's class.

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| Fri Dec. 17, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Why Mission High? A Brief Tour

Meet the security guard, the English teacher, and Carlos. Plus: One reason it's so hard to start an education-based immersion reporting project.

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| Thu Dec. 16, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Rick Scott's School Plan for Scoundrels

The Florida governor-elect's education plan is a fraudster's dream.

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| Wed Dec. 15, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Why the US Education System Is So Fascinating

Not every public school in the world has your problems, America.

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| Wed Dec. 15, 2010 4:00 AM PST

'Parent-Trigger' Organizers in Compton Accused of Intimidation

Some parents in Compton are withdrawing their signatures from a petition to close the neighborhood's public school.

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| Tue Dec. 14, 2010 1:05 PM PST

Fast Times at Mission High

Scenes from an open house at one of San Francisco's lowest-performing—though rapidly improving—public high schools.

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| Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:00 AM PST