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Opinion: Don't Close Schools, Fix Them

(June 29) -- In a four-part series on AOL News last week, Dana Chivvis told the story of a small high school in Brooklyn that is slated to be closed for poor performance. Its graduation rates and test scores are low, yet district officials never gave the school the facilities or resources to improve. Today, federal...

Principals: Recess Key to Academic Success

(Feb. 4) -- In schools across the country, daily recess has been shortened or eliminated altogether as districts strive to improve standardized test scores. According to a new Gallup survey of America's principals, however, that might prove to be exactly the wrong move. Eight in 10 principals polled by Gallup said recess...