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Just as the Emmys give Hollywood a chance to honor their own, public school employees have AEW as a chance to recognize all hard-working public school employees.

The American Education System is not in trouble, it keeps getting more money for poorer and poorer academic achievement. The students and the country are in trouble.

Native American populations throughout the United States face special challenges in terms of education and employment opportunities.

Homeschoolers must remain aware of larger educational issues. A recent study of the American No Child Left Behind policy shows major problems in American education.

Former Senator Campbell (Colorado) is busy these days. He remains as dedicated as ever to protecting the rights and improving the lives of Native Americans.

Mandarin Chinese is becoming one of the hottest foreign languages on the planet thanks to both the Chinese Initiative and the world's need for imported goods.

American education is losing momentum to other countries. How can this declining situation be fixed?

Technology and our nation's youth are increasingly accessing technology that is created by grups ("grown-ups"). The article looks at consequences and solutions.

Learner independence combined with the integration of technology has given rise to a new theory of independent study which serves as the basis of online learning.

Understanding that education is more than simply learning information will help teachers refocus on their role as educators.

A legacy of physical and sexual abuse of Aboriginal students in religious-run residential schools has come to light in recent court cases.

A series of stories written for children provides a glimpse into the educational goals of the 1950s and early 1960s as they relate to social and cultural norms.

Public education was invented to improve society and its citizens. African-Americans and girls, to an extent, were excluded from this process.

Most Haitian students living in the United States fit into 1 out of potentially 3 categories depending on their affinity for American versus Haitian culture.

Using President Obama's Back to School speech and Ying Ying Yu's "This I Believe" student essay, gifted students can see how similar messages vary between cultures.

America's graduation rate is 21st out of 27 industrialized countries. Considering its status as world power, where did the US go wrong?

Every few years national polls highlight the low level of history and civics knowledge among American citizens, yet at some point educators need to reform the process.

The 2006 results from PISA, an international education study, were released this week. According to the study, US students are falling behind other nations.

Scholarly publishing does not happen in a vacuum but is highly influenced by world events. Find out how the launch of Sputnik indirectly supported university presses.

Paying off student loans can take years. Are you looking for a way to pay-off student loans sooner? These ideas will help to clear debt in a fraction of the time.

Homeschooling program from Calvert School offers online homeschooling and traditional homeschool curriculum. Internet homeschooling and one-subject plans are popular.

The defining variable for academic success is a student's GPA. However, the measure puts educators in an impossible dilemma.

Are today's youth prepared to be the leaders of tomorrow or is the American education system simply delivering mediocrity?

Educators are recognizing the instructional skills that recognize gifted students' multiple learning styles and intelligences that are needed to ensure mastery.

Although well intentioned, the Dawes Act resulted in massive land losses for Native American tribes and ultimately resulted in widespread poverty and despair.

H.L. Mencken was one of the most prominent newspaper men of his time, known for his crisp style and ready wit.

Public institutions, notably community colleges, appear to be the beneficiaries of an economy forcing students & parents into making more affordable educational choices.

Do you use monthly holidays in your lesson plans? Here's an continuing overview of "holidays" from July to December.

As the new nation came of age, discontent in Europe created immigrant patterns from Ireland and Germany that peaked in the 1850s with millions of new Americans.

President-Elect Obama's education agenda, as proposed during his campaign, addresses many of the current challenges of the US education system.

Zeke M. Vanderhoek got approval for a charter school in New York City that will pay teachers $125,000, a higher salary than the principal at $90,000. He's the principal.

Struggling to cope with the amount of college student debt? Discover how student loan forgiveness programs can help to reduce the amount owed.

A look at two popular workbook-based curricula series that can take much of the guesswork out of homeschooling.

Differentiated instruction is not easy to define. It is more of an idea, more of a philosophic approach than a method or pedagogy. But it is central to instruction today.

A brief view of the life of Catharine Beecher, member of the illustrious Beecher family of abolitionists.

Childhood was very short in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the responsibilities of young adults in the American colonies were surprisingly heavy.

Next year, Westminster will try something that has never been tried in the Lower 48 states-no grade levels. The curriculum will be totally driven by state standards.

A retooling of what is respected in the consciousness of the African-American community as a whole is not only in order and appropriate, it is long overdue.

No Child Left Behind, enacted by the Bush administration (FY2001) in response to a failure of the American educational system has had several years

The first decade of the Cold War validated Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, from the division of Europe to internal fifth columns promoting Communism.