SPECIAL EDUCATION REPORT: The Girl Who Wanted to Go to School

Portrait of a Pakistani Schoolgirl (Photo credit: United Nations Photo ) by Basharat Peer , The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/...

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SPECIAL EDUCATION REPORT: Why the Taliban Fears Teenage Girls

by William J. Dobson , Slate.com: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/10/taliban_shoots_14_year_old_...

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Attention Disorder or Not, Pills to Help in School

On Risperdal. Can he think straight, and for how much longer? Dear readers, Seriously? This is a very disturbing article about some very di...

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Howard’s History Repeating: Curriculum Complaints Nothing New

History Day Autumn 2010 (Photo credit: carmichaellibrary ) by Associate Professor Tony Taylor , Associate Professor at Monash Universi...

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PARODY: How Children Construct Meaning in the Math Classroom

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Degree Mills: A Country Littered With Fake Degrees

Cover Courtesy Prometheus Books by Allen Ezell and John Bear, UTNE.com: http://www.utne.com Do you know where your doctor, lawyer or profess...

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How Important Is Recess?

Students enjoying lunch during recess hour (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) by Janel N Spencer What are the keys to improving student success? Mo...

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No Child Left Behind

President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) by Joseph Pari...

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Educate Don’t Decimate

TAFE college at Bairnsdale, Victoria (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) by Jonathan Jackson, 21st Century News: http://www.21stcenturynews.com.au/ed...

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Delusions of Candour: Why Technology Won’t Stop Plagiarism

The figure summarizes the suitability of different plagiarism detection approaches depending on the form of plagiarism being present. (Photo...

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Are Australian Universities Being Honest With Their Students?

Robertson Library in Bentley campus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) by Associate Professor David Pick , Associate Professor, School of Managemen...

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TAFE Cuts Will Affect Everyone: State Governments Should Think Again

Teachers at the TAFE NSW campuses including the Riverina Institute in response to the NSW Government plans to increase full time teachers ho...

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Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loans

Washington DC - Occupy DC (Photo credit: thisisbossi ) by Andrew Martin , The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com At a protest last year...

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Nasty NAPLAN Results: What Should Parents Do Next?

Queensland Teachers' Union deputy general secretary Graham Moloney after conference at Qld Industrial Relations Commission re NAPLAN tes...

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Anxious Kids Not Learning: The Real Effects of NAPLAN

Queensland Teachers' Union reps at Queensland Industrial Relations Commission conference re NAPLAN testing, 100419 (Photo credit: David ...

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