Backlash builds against small schools
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Hopes were high in this blue-collar town when Lebanon High was broken up into four smaller schools-within-a-school to try to reduce the dropout rate.
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When students and administrators face off over academic policy, it's a safe bet which side will usually win. But a student uprising at McLean High School this fall over an anti-cheating initiative had an unusual outcome.
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Some schools are breaking the law in the way they admit pupils, with poorer families being discriminated against despite the introduction of new admission guidelines, the government said Wednesday.
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Report cards are in, and the grades are not good: New York City private schools have given The New York Sun an F.
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A state where charter schools have been growing fast - and running into troubles - is now debating a new approach
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A debate is festering among graduates and parents at St. Paul's, an elite school in New Hampshire, with critics accusing trustees and the rector of mismanagement.
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Catching up with the proliferation of school lockdowns and high school football players rallying around an embattled coach.
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In a country that loves low-rising jeans, one high school has launched a minor uprising.
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As some PTAs have become more corporatized, they have clashed with other parents, teachers and principals.
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The future of a Welsh language school in Powys comes under review, as parents rally to oppose merger plans.
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Unceasing criticism of the No Child Left Behind Act by the Democratic presidential contenders promises to make a second effort to renew it even harder.
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The public is a bit fickle about its schools, with mixed or even contradictory views about testing, vouchers and other education topics, a poll finds.
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Dissatisfied with graduates, companies design and fund curricula at universities.
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Some administrators are pushing back against an ethos of super-achievement at affluent suburban high schools.
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A backlash brews as parents are asked to write checks for school activities.
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A political row erupts over a decision to reverse the closure of more than 20 school premises in Edinburgh.
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What started as a playground spat between school officials and the parents of a child with autistic-like behavior could end up having repercussions for the way school districts treat children with neurological disorders.