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Ferris Bueller's worst nightmare might be the answer to bad grades and dismal test scores. CNN highlights a new trend - extending the length of the school day . The article reports that on average, students in the U.S. spend less time in the classroom than their counterparts in many other industrialized...

No Child Left Behind. How many times have we heard about this program? I can appreciate the bigger idea behind it - let's not let any our kids fall through the cracks, but the implementation has been a nightmare. Just ask a teacher how they feel about it. You'll never guess what group has really begun...

Education experts say one in three Texas students drops out of school. They're predicting a social crisis in years to come, but I don't know why everyone's worried. With deplorable academic records like that, these Texans could end up as oil magnates, big league baseball team owners or, wait for it ...

This year President George W. Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind act is up for renewal, sparking debate among education think tanks who alternately have declared it to be either the "best or the worst thing ever to happen to schools". Educators in the field seem to agree on one thing, however...