The Obama administration will free 10 states from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, responding to complaints from teachers and school administrators across the country that the nation’s main education law is outdated and punitive. Read full article > >

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Obama: 10 states to receive No Child Left Behind waivers

Danny O’Brien , who earned ACC rookie of the year honors after a breakout 2010 season, is on the verge of leaving Maryland’s football program and transferring to another school, individuals with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Quarterback Danny O’Brien seriously considering departure from Maryland football

The House of Delegates voted 59 to 39 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow Virginia’s tens of thousands of home-schooled students to play sports at their local high schools. The “Tebow bill” — named for Tim Tebow, the starting Denver Broncos quarterback who was home-schooled in Florida but was allowed to play football at his local high school — will now be sent to the Senate . Read full article > >

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‘Tebow’ bill to let home-schoolers play high school sports passes Va. House

University-based training courses for secondary school teachers are facing an uncertain future, after hundreds were identified as “potentially unviable”.

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Unversity-led PGCEs under threat

LOS ANGELES — The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school’s teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom. Read full article > >

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Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe

The entire staff of a school where two teachers were arrested last week for lewd acts involving pupils will be replaced, parents said, citing the superintendent.

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The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

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The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

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Queen commemorates 60-year reign

Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.

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‘More pupils not toilet trained’

Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.

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Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality

The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – so severe that it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.

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Pennsylvania Schools’ Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter

A top girls’ school is planning a “failure week” to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

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Top girls learn value of failure

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

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Work contacts ‘cut dropout rate’

Last month, Wadah Khanfar, erstwhile Director General of Al Jazeera and now President of the Sharq Forum, an independent think tank dedicated to developing long-term strategies for Mideast development and social justice, visited London. Appearing at the Frontline Club , Middle East monitor , London School of Economics and the Chaltham House , Khanfar discussed the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera, and political Islam.

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LAS VEGAS — Across Nevada on Saturday, Republicans began trickling in to schools, community centers and churches to take part in local caucuses in the first Western contest for the Republican presidential nomination. Read full article > >

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Nevadans head to the polls amid little suspense