Colleges fight fraud with more coursework
Colleges at risk for fraud deter scammers by assigning more work.
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Common Core standards drive wedge in education circles
Two years before its planned implementation, an effort to simplify building blocks of elementary and secondary education hits roadblocks.
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Verbal abuse of autistic student sparks calls for change
When harsh words flew in a classroom for autistic children, school staff who spoke them likely thought no one in authority would ever hear.
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Attack on girl, 7, by 5th-grader caught on video
Witnesses said fight had been provoked on their school bus because a 7-year-old girl wouldn’t give away her jelly beans.
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Christian groups differ on compliance with Vanderbilt policy
After a year of conflict over Vanderbilt’s nondiscrimination policy, the school’s 30 Christian groups are going their separate ways.
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Americans put to shame by immigrants on sample civics test
Only 65% of native-born Americans could get the required six out of 10 right answers on a sample of a civics test given to immigrants.
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House votes to extend low rates on federal student loans
The 215-195 vote mostly along party lines would slash funds provided by President Obama’s health care law to pay for the $5.9 billion bill.
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Confederate flag dress keeps Tenn. teen from prom
Texanna Edwards’ dress with bright blue stripes and white stars inside the stripes kept her out of the dance.
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Computer scoring of essays shows promise, analysis shows
A study of computer essay-scoring software finds some “capable of producing scores similar to human scores” on thousands of essays.
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Student veterans group revokes charters from 26 schools
A national advocacy group for student veterans has revoked chapter membership from 26 for-profit campuses.
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