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Teachers 'need to go beyond curriculum'

Teachers 'need to go beyond curriculum'

The leader of the head teachers' union says children's education is being undermined by the number of targets being imposed by the government.

Law professor calls for cutting of 'C' grades

Law professor calls for cutting of 'C' grades

A law professor calls for the cutting of "C" grades. University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor Joshua Silverstein believes that law schools should mostly eliminate giving C grades.He posits that the schools should raise their minimum satisfactory standards to a B-, and they should only hand out C’s ...

School with no tests? Here's how the kids turned out

School with no tests? Here's how the kids turned out

A Canadian photographer found members of the inaugural class of a school with no tests or homework to see the effect that education had.

Tibetan monk Yungdrung Konchok sits in the grass of the Emory University Quadrangle as he waits to meet a friend for lunch following class at the Emory University campus Thursday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., April 25, 2013. Konchok is one of six Tibetan monks that are finishing up their three-year studies at Emory University. After the graduation ceremony, they will return to India. Over the last three years Konchok and the other five monks have become a regular part of the student body on campus. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

Tibetan Monks attend Emory

Photos: Tibetan Monks attend Emory

Atlanta teacher bonus payments revealed

If they did it, cheating didn’t pay well for most of the Atlanta educators charged with crimes, whose bonuses totaled as little as $750 and averaged $2,600. The exception was Superintendent Beverly Hall, whose bonus pay reached about $365,000 since 2005, when an indictment alleges criminal activity began. The bonus ...

Harvard student caught in Quiz Bowl cheating scandal

Harvard student caught in Quiz Bowl cheating scandal

The cheating scandal comes just off the tail of Harvard's upset versus number three-seeded New Mexico's basketball team in the NCAA tournament.

Doctors take stance against ADHD as 'study drug'

Doctors take stance against ADHD as 'study drug'

The American Academy of Neurology warns against a trend of 'neuroenhancement.'

106-year-old receives high school diploma

106-year-old receives high school diploma

A 106-year-old receives a high school diploma. You are never too old to be a student.A 106 year old man has just received his high school diploma. Fred Butler dropped out of school after eighth grade to work full time at a printing shop in order to help support his ...

Boy suspended for gun-shaped pastry

Boy suspended for gun-shaped pastry

A 7-year-old boy is suspended for a gun-shaped pastry.

Robot gives second grader the ability to attend school

Robot gives second grader the ability to attend school

Science fiction comes to life for one second grade boy who attends school for the first time with the help of a robot. INSIDE EDITION has the story.

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