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A mural created by students, with help from the artist Angel Garcia, in the hallway at Flushing International High School in New York City.

From NYC's International Schools, Lessons For Teaching Unaccompanied Minors

4:47pm November 06, 2014

by Alexandra Starr

Schools around the U.S. are struggling to accommodate the influx of children from Central America. These schools have been helping students from around the world adjust and learn for years.

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Guilford County Schools Plan Next Steps After Defeat At Polls

7:57pm November 05, 2014

by Keri Brown

A referendum that would have raised the sales tax in Guilford County to help fund improvements in public schools failed to pass on Tuesday's election.

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Charlotte's College Of Faith Lacks A Campus But Not A Football Team

11:58am November 05, 2014

by Michael Tomsic

Normally, colleges create their football teams. But now we have the story of a football coach who created a college. It's an online school called College of Faith in Charlotte, N.C.

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Philadelphia Schools: Another Year, Another Budget Crisis

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by Claudio Sanchez

The city's public schools have lurched from one crisis to the next. The latest: canceling the contract with the teachers' union. Just about everyone worries that there's no long-term fix in sight.

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The Allen Company alphabet board dates back to 1840.

A Collection Of Clues To America's Educational Past

8:03am November 02, 2014

by Elissa Nadworny

Tucked away in boxes, deep in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, are objects that tell the history of American education.

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Jury Finds Tradition Is No Excuse For Brutal Hazing

2:25pm November 01, 2014

by Greg Allen

Dante Martin faces a possible 22 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of fellow Florida A&M band member Robert Champion.

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The New Vocabulary Of Urban Education

10:32am October 31, 2014

by Eve Abrams

The names that many big-city schools, teachers and students use to describe themselves are changing. Exhibit A: New Orleans.

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Black Students Gather At Harvard To Watch 'Dear White People'

2:22pm October 30, 2014

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Dear White People follows the stories of four black students at a prestigious, majority white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to the campus.

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A Helping Hand To High Achievers

12:15pm October 29, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will invest $10 million over two years to help top students from poor families into college.

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Vigil Honors Fired UNCG Employees

9:15pm October 28, 2014

Dozens of people gathered on UNC Greensboro's campus Tuesday to show their support for two photographers and their supervisor who were fired last month and now face criminal charges.