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In some states, school is yet to start but in Midwest the schools have begun. It’s not easy for the kids and the families to switch from the summer mode to…
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Shahnawaz and Sofiya Patel of Preston took their sons to India to see their sick grandfather — and were prosecuted under the UK's term-time absence rules.
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In 2014, school districts dropped federal healthy-lunch standards — not opposing healthy food, but because uneaten meals went straight from tray to trash.
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In 2014, the Washington Post named Metea Valley (No. 21), Neuqua Valley (No. 36), and Waubonsie Valley (No. 58) among Illinois's most challenging high schools.
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In 2013, NYC's mayoral race put Eid, Diwali, and Lunar New Year on the school-calendar agenda. Here's what the debate was — and how it ended.
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Flip teaching reverses the classroom: students watch lesson videos at home and do homework in class. Early results — like Clintondale's — were striking.
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Fairview School in the Missouri Ozarks trained staff to carry concealed weapons after Sandy Hook — a 40-hour course with annual background checks.
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No standardized tests, no private schools, teachers treated like doctors: what Pasi Sahlberg says the world keeps missing about Finland's schools.
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A West Chester, Pennsylvania teacher swapped her fifth-graders' chairs for yoga balls — and says it's one of the best decisions of her 11-year career.
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Christian parents in Encinitas, California threatened to sue their school district over classroom yoga, calling it Eastern religious indoctrination.
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A 2012 school debate in Tennessee asked a fair question: if homework is practice, why score it like a test? The case for and against grading homework.
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MONEY magazine named Naperville one of America’s best places to live in 2012 — top schools, Ribfest, Centennial Beach, and the famous Riverwalk.
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An August 2012 Pediatrics study found that students in states with strong school junk-food laws gained less weight — evidence that policy shapes waistlines.
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Detroit Public Schools promised new Nike shoes to students who showed up on Student Count Day in 2012 — because in Michigan, attendance day means funding day.
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The 2012 Religious Congregations and Membership Study found Islam grew 67 percent in a decade — the fastest-growing major religion in the US.
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A Michigan school district barred the Sikh kirpan in late 2010 after a fourth-grader carried one to class, sparking debate over faith and zero-tolerance.
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