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Kindergartners in Maine to Receive iPad [VIDEO]

Every kindergarten student in Auburn, Maine, will receive an iPad 2 in an effort to make children more digitally literate.

Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles

A scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages. From 2006 to 2010, the number of students who passed statewide math tests in Grades 3 through 8 soared from 58 to 82 percent. During the same period, the...

11-Year-Old Boy Arrested Over Stick Figure Drawing [VIDEO]

An 11-year-old boy from Arvada, Colo., was handcuffed and arrested after drawing stick figures in school of himself drawing a gun at other figures, with the words "teachers must die." KDVR-TV is reporting on its website that the boy is being treated for attention deficit disorder, and was told to draw such pictures by his...

Cops: Mom Showed Breasts in School in Cleavage Fight

This kind of show-and-tell isn't allowed in schools. Police in Florida arrested a mother who allegedly exposed her breasts inside her child's school during an argument with another woman who she believed was showing too much cleavage. Law enforcement officials in Manatee County say Laura Campanello was visiting Bayshore...

Teach for America Answers Obama's Education Call

President Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address called for more young people to join the effort to close the vast achievement gap that exists in the United States. It turns out that Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach for America, had been ready for the president's call for 20 years. For two decades, Teach...