Focus on basics in school review
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A major report on England's secondary schooling will push for "core" skills in number-handling and communication.
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With the start of the school year, parents need to take steps to protect their children from allergy and asthma triggers they may encounter at school.
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England's exams regulator is to report on whether some GCSEs and A-levels are easier than others.
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Stick to the basics to win in the long run.
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Carol Brody, an elementary school guidance counselor, has some advice for those wonder why educators are frustrated. "They should walk for one hour in a teacher's shoes," Brody said, "and then you wouldn't hear those criticisms from them again."
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Mike Baker examines the factors that combine to make a good teacher.
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As children head back to school savvy  teachers are looking for the best ways to help students  maximize their learning potential.
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Students should take A-levels earlier and apply to university after getting the results, a report will propose.
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Focus on consumers' everyday needs.
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Providing one-stop shops for students looking at colleges, 35 states ease the labyrinth of class planning, financial aid, transcripts and online applications. Some private-sector sites offer unbiased student rankings.
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A program called HIPSchools lets parents track assignments and communicate with teachers online. For a Brooklyn middle school with a failing grade from the state, the system has meant a dramatic turnaround. By Cyrus Farivar.
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The world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't.  Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Starting school at the age of four is "stressful" to children and does not help their education, according to a major review of English primary schools which also concluded kids take too many tests too early.
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Three tips to tell when to buy, and when to pass.
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The time to think about your kindergartener's college education is now.
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One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students.
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âWhen we started to look at how to provide a quality education for our students, what became very clear was that the future is digital,â says Carl Rose, executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB). âWe needed to ensure that our kids not only had the skill-sets required by the state, but also had the digital literacy capability to use those skills. Thatâs when the concept of 1 to 1 learning began to make sense.â And today, the MacBook, iLife, iWork, and Apple Professional Development are helping the AASB bring its 1 to 1 learning initiative to fruition.