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The Metric System and Common Core
The unsuccessful drive to teach the metric system in schools presents a cautionary tale about teacher buy-in for common-core advocates, writes Jeanne Zaino.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
How to Make School Funding Fair
Shifting to statewide school funding systems would address inequities in the way education is paid for, writes Cynthia G. Brown.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
K-12 Impacts Likely in N.J., Va., Governor Races
Candidates sketch competing education-policy visions in New Jersey and Virginia, the two states picking governors in 2013.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
Head Start Centers Feeling 'Sequester' Pain
Federal aid cuts are forcing some of the publicly funded preschool centers to scale back on student slots and reduce staffing.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Letter to the Editor
Indiana High Court Missteps on Vouchers
May 13, 2013 - Education Week
Letter to the Editor
Reader Questions 'Progressive' Commentary
May 13, 2013 - Education Week
Ind. Gov. Signs Voucher Expansion Bill
May 9, 2013 - AP
States Faulted on Pre-K Spending Levels
Budget woes and the aftermath of the recession combine to put the brakes on preschool funding, a research group says.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
Charting Pre-K's Value for All
Universal pre-K holds benefits for middle-class children, as well as the poor, William T. Gormley Jr. writes.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
Moving From Standards to Supports
Policymakers should make supporting struggling students a higher priority than enacting standards for all, John H. Jackson writes.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week

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