High school student Frank Oakley received a double dose of math and English during his freshman year. He says an extra elective would have been nice, but the emphasis on the three R's helped him overcome his math fears.
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2 School vaccine season grows more complex
The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and influenza.
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3 Judge dismisses lawsuit by student punished for story
A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a high school student who was suspended for writing about a dream in which a student shoots a math teacher.
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4 Kansas school board changes won't end evolution fight
Upcoming changes to the state school board mean Kansas is likely to return to evolution-friendly education standards -- yet remain mired in a fight over how the theory is taught in classrooms.
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5 School district creates refuge for homeless students
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6 Citadel training aimed at preventing sexual harassment
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7 College students warned about Internet postings
Incoming college students are hearing the usual warnings this summer about the dangers of everything from alcohol to credit card debt. But many are also getting lectured on a new topic -- the risks of Internet postings, particularly on popular social networking sites such as Facebook.
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8 Bush signs vocational education bill into law
The White House announced Monday that President Bush has signed the Perkins Act, the first major update of the nation's vocational education law since 1998.
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9 States shirking order to distribute qualified teachers
Most states have shirked the law by failing to ensure that poor and minority students get their fair share of qualified teachers, a new analysis contends.
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10 Commission calls for changes in higher education
A national commission charged with plotting the future of American higher education approved its final recommendations Thursday, calling on the government to provide more aid based on financial need, while telling colleges to be more accountable for what students learn.
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11 Historically black colleges recruiting Hispanics
Faced with stiff competition for their traditional students, historically black colleges are now making a push to recruit Hispanics.
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12 Recount helps one university rise in the rankings
The University of Chicago boasts more than 70 Nobel laureates, and its math and economics departments are among the best in the world.
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13 How your child learns
Stick with what works. That's what Judi Newell thought when she started talking about coins with her daughter, Fiona, 3. "A penny is brown and worth one cent," she began, pointing to a drawing of one in a book. "A nickel is worth five cents." This is how she'd taught her older daughter, Anna, 9, about money.
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14 Whole new universe challenges textbook writers
The idea that our nine-planet solar system may soon join the obsolete world of eight-track tapes and slide rules should send science teachers, textbook writers and toymakers back to the cosmic drawing board.
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15 Nick, Jessica, "Pirates" Upstage Teen Choice
Jessica Simpson cohosted with rumored boytoy Dane Cook; Nick Lachey was on hand to pick up an award. Kevin Federline made his world premiere rapping debut; Wilmer Valderrama won something.
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16 Roger Ebert Critiques Recovery
Roger Ebert is giving his road to recovery two thumbs up.
Two months after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland, the veteran movie reviewer posted a letter of progress on his Website Thursday, telling fans that while he has been bed-ridden since July 1, he is nevertheless anxious to return to work.
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17 'Idol' winner Hicks sues producer
A federal judge has temporarily barred a producer from selling songs recorded by "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks when he was still just a gray-haired bar crooner from Alabama.
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