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Carol McMullen-Pettit (right), a Premier Tutor at The Princeton Review, goes over SAT test preparation with 11th-grader Suzane Nazir in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Is This The Beginning Of The End For The SAT and ACT?

by Claudio Sanchez

July 28, 2015 • George Washington University is the latest and one of the largest private universities to drop its admissions testing requirement.

Graduation rates have been rising since 2002. NPR Ed asked 14 reporters at member stations around the country to find out why.

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The Truth About America's Graduation Rate

Graduation rates have been rising since 2002. NPR Ed asked 14 reporters at member stations around the country to find out why.

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50 Great Teachers

What is great teaching? Can it be taught? How do good teachers become great ones? Join NPR Ed as we explore these questions, telling the stories of great teachers.

Eliot Elementary in St. Louis, Mo., closed 10 years ago. The building remains empty. Tim Lloyd/ St. Louis Public Radio hide caption

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The Struggle To Breathe Life Back Into Empty Schools KWMU-FM

by Tim Lloyd

July 28, 2015 • As urban schools across the country continue to lose students, the question districts like St. Louis face is: What to do with all of those empty buildings?

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Cooper is known as the Swim Whisperer. He's been teaching swimming full-time since 1995. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption

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50 Great Teachers

The 'Swim Whisperer' Teaches Kids To Be Water-Safe

by Karen Grigsby Bates

July 28, 2015 • For 20 years, Conrad Cooper has been helping children in Los Angeles learn to swim by earning his young students' unwavering trust.

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K-12

The Toughest Job In Education? Maybe Not

by Steve Drummond

July 27, 2015 • The assistant principal has a lot on her plate. But that job is where future school leaders come from. Some districts are trying to make sure APs get the training they need.

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Preschool

What Do We Value More: Young Kids Or Fast Food?

by Anya Kamenetz

July 25, 2015 • A study shows persistently low wages for early childhood education.

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Higher Ed

What The College Kids Are Reading

by Elissa Nadworny

July 23, 2015 • Book programs for freshmen — and sometimes a whole campus or community — are meant to spark discussion and unity. This year's picks at eight U.S. schools range from chilling nonfiction to poetry.

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How The Big New Education Law Could Cut Testing Time

by Anya Kamenetz

July 22, 2015 • Several Senate amendments aim a weed-whacker at the thicket of standardized tests.

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Preschool

The Test That Can Look Into A Child's (Reading) Future

by Cory Turner

July 21, 2015 • Researchers say they've come up with a 30-minute test that can predict a child's language skill and diagnose learning disabilities.

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Sandy Kress (right) an attorney from Dallas, listens to Texas Education Agency general counsel David Anderson in 2004. Kress was the chief education consultant to the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind initiative. Harry Cabluck/AP hide caption

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Stop Picking On No Child Left Behind (Says One Of Its Parents)

by Claudio Sanchez

July 17, 2015 • The Senate may have voted to replace NCLB, but one of the old law's chief architects argues that much of it should stay just the way it is.

New Mexico: Dolores Ramos (right), 16, joins dozens of Highland High School students in Albuquerque, N.M., during a walkout to protest a new standardized test. Russell Contreras/AP hide caption

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Common Core

Testing Revolt In Washington State Brings Feds Into Uncharted Waters KPLU-FM

by Kyle Stokes

July 16, 2015 • As Congress debates the future of No Child Left Behind, one state falls short of federal testing requirements.

Mathias "Spider" Schergen in his art room at Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts in Chicago. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption

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'Mr. Spider' Says Goodbye: An Art Teacher's Final Day At School

by Elissa Nadworny

July 15, 2015 • For nearly a quarter century, Mathias Schergen taught in one of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods. Now, he's moving on.

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Learning & Tech

New Student Loans For A New For-Profit Education Sector

by Anya Kamenetz

July 14, 2015 • Financing options are multiplying for "coder boot camps" — small, immersive schools that turn out software developers in weeks rather than years.

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K-12

How Textbooks Can Teach Different Versions Of History KUHF-FM

by Laura Isensee

July 13, 2015 • About 5 million public school students in Texas this year will get new and controversial textbooks that critics say water down history.

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