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Claudio Sanchez
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A new study confirms what some researchers have been saying for decades — standardized tests have little or no value in predicting students' success in college. So why do institutions use them?
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California colleges have made remarkable progress enrolling racial and ethnic minorities over the last 20 years. And yet, faculty and institutional leaders remain overwhelmingly male and white.
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Linda Brown, the 9-year-old old whose name was enshrined in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, died this past Sunday. She was 75.
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The education secretary was on Capitol Hill to talk about the proposed budget for her department. She got an earful from Democrats.
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California could be the first state to create a statewide, online community college system targeting 2.5 million workers who need — but don't have — a college degree.
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Each horrific school shooting offers painful lessons but few, if any, answers.
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Two-thirds of the nation's schoolchildren struggle with reading. Neuroscientist Mark Seidenberg says teachers need a better understanding of what science knows about how kids learn to read.
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Classroom teachers covered by the federal immigration program could lose their jobs and face deportation unless Congress and the Trump administration reach agreement on protecting them.
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Predicting the future is hard. Good thing NPR's Claudio Sanchez has a crystal ball.
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Tulsa, Okla., has been the focus of much debate over the long-term benefits of preschool. The most recent findings by Georgetown University researchers are another strong endorsement for early ed.