ARTICLES BY KIMBERLY HEFLING

Prevalent, but improving

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'Why is this occurring on such a widespread level?'

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Learning in color

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'Political theater of the worst sort'

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AP Exclusive: States weaken teacher tenure rights

WASHINGTON - America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether, according to an analysis being released today by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

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More sex education at younger ages pushed

WASHINGTON - Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender," according to new sexual education guidelines released Monday …

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Keeping Women's Military Memorial open

ARLINGTON, Va. - Garage sales and quilt raffles helped a determined group of female World War II veterans raise money to transform a rundown wall at Arlington National Cemetery into a grand stone memorial to women who served their country. But those women are dying off, even as the memorial …

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