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Author: Lisa Herndon

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Kids Learn Sword Fighting and Greek Mythology at Camp Half-Blood

April 29, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Camp Half-Blood, a summer day-camp started by Bedford-Stuyvesant resident and former bookstore owner Crystal Bobb-Semple in 2010, returns this year with new interactive courses for kids to immerse themselves in …

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NY educators to develop school curriculum on organ donation

April 29, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

ALBANY, N.Y. – (AP) — New York education officials say they’re working with lawmakers and organizations that promote organ donation to develop a model curriculum that will be made available …

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Local education inequities across U.S. revealed in new Stanford data set

April 29, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Almost every school district enrolling large numbers of low-income students has an average academic performance significantly below the national grade-level average, according to Stanford Graduate School of Education research based …

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U.S. 12th graders’ math scores fall, reading stalls: Education Dept

April 28, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

U.S. 12th graders’ average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before, and reading performance had stagnated, the Education Department said in releasing the “nation’s report card” on …

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Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education

April 28, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Part of the Brookings Institution, the Hamilton Project recently released 14 Economic Facts On Education and Economic Opportunity. Over the next several days, we will examine each of the 14 …

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Professors hate online education. To save colleges, they have to learn to love it.

April 28, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Like  many professors, Henry C. Lucas was skeptical of online education. Lucas, now the chair of the decision, operations and information technologies department at the Robert H. Smith School of …

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U.S. students given SATs that were online before exam

April 27, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

At least five times in the past three years, U.S. high school students were administered SAT tests that included questions and answers widely available online more than a year before …

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As homeless population swells, New York City will add more health clinics at schools

April 27, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

New York City will spend nearly $30 million to increase health services and offer other help for the city’s growing number of homeless students, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. …

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Career Education Making a Comeback in US High Schools

April 27, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Decades after “shop class” became known as a lesser alternative for children deemed unfit for college, vocational education is making a comeback in many of the nation’s high schools. States …

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Book Review: The Teacher Wars by Dana Goldstein

April 20, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Lisa Herndon

I thought of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve and the apple as I read The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession by Dana Goldstein. The …

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