By Mary Ann Rankin
Horace Mann, the 19th-century American education reformer whom many credit with founding the nation’s public school system, recognized the importance of education, deeming it the great equalizer. Today, this has never been more tru…
Published Online: April 11, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education this month took back an offer it made to school districts last summer that would have let them cut special education spending permanently, with only a one-time penalty, and for reas…
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The rejection last week of a proposal that would’ve helped rural schools by changing the Title I funding formula …
Continue Reading →Published Online: February 21, 2012
Published in Print: February 22, 2012, as Computer Languages: Students Need to Speak Them
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By Shawn McCreight
Technology has changed our lives and society in innumerable ways. Computers and the softwa…
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