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Many public schools in Haiti reopened last week for the first time since the Jan. 12 earthquake, but most stayed closed, even in outlying provinces where damage was minimal.
February 9, 2010 – Education Week
January 26, 2010 – Education Week
Schoolchildren and educators with Haitian ties organize aid drives.
January 19, 2010 – Education Week
Twelve Minnesota schools are to split nearly $500,000 from the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing, to teach Chinese language and culture.
December 15, 2009 – Education Week
A new study examines the academic standards for mathematics in high-performing Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea and creates a "composite" of their approaches.
December 15, 2009 – Education Week
Twenty-five education research groups from around the world announced plans last week to create an umbrella group called the World Education Research Association to promote studies in the field.
September 22, 2009 – Education Week
With modest improvement in student achievement, the U.S. could see growth of nearly $41 trillion in its GDP, the analysis projects.
January 25, 2010 – Education Week
The collaboration between the shoe company and the school, where about half the students are of Haitian descent, will raise money for earthquake relief.
January 21, 2010 – Education Week
Updated: January 20, 2010 – AP
Schoolchildren and educators are organizing to respond to victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti's capital city.
January 14, 2010 – Education Week
Statistics used to make the case that the United States no longer leads the world in higher education are “a mess,” a scholar argues.
November 4, 2009 – Education Week
The film is a sequel to a documentary that took a critical view of U.S. students' performance compared with peers in China and India.
September 22, 2009 – Education Week
The film is a sequel to a documentary that took a critical view of U.S. students’ performance compared with peers in China and India.
Updated: September 18, 2009 – Education Week
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