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Education chief apologizes for 'dumb thing' on New Orleans

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has spent the past couple days backpedaling from comments he made Sunday suggesting that Hurricane Katrina was good for New Orleans' failing schools.

Math scores show improvement at schools in large U.S. cities

Public school students in major metropolitan areas are showing improvement on test scores in mathematics compared with scores from previous years, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Education.

College students encouraged to get H1N1 vaccine

Chris Edwards' fever spiked at 104 degrees this fall before he was sent home from Frostburg State University in western Maryland to recuperate from the H1N1 flu.

Give Obama A+ for school reform ideas

President Obama deserves an A+ for his agenda for education reform. His decision to nominate Arne Duncan as U.S. education secretary was inspired, and his comments on holding the system accountable are honest, refreshing and insightful.

Duncan to call for change in teachers' education

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to push for reforms in how teachers are taught when he speaks at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York on Thursday.

Are states following stimulus plan rules for schools?

Creating and saving jobs while boosting investment in the future are among the top goals of the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

Report card shows U.S. students need to improve math skills

U.S. schoolchildren still have work to do when it comes to mathematics, the secretary of education said Wednesday.

Cabinet officials, Chicagoans discuss ways to end teen violence

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan met Wednesday with a group of teens who were schoolmates of a Chicago youth brutally beaten to death last month.

Commentary: Let's take 'all children forward'

In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda -- from the cradle through college -- that protects children and jobs in the short term and invests in the long term by advancing education reform.

Despite push, year-round schools get mixed grades

As students head back to class across the United States, educators are weighing the benefits of a longer school year, which has been tried in several districts with mixed results.

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