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A legal settlement reached in Los Angeles Tuesday could reverberate through schools in low-income neighborhoods across the country. The Board of Education there approved a deal with the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups that would radically limit the practice of laying off teachers based solely on seniority.

This year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was clearly a disaster for the environment. But it has also been a disaster for people, and it did not affect everyone equally.

Homeless kids can be hard to identify and even harder to help. But teachers can do a great deal to make sure that they don’t fall through the cracks.

Charts, graphs and maps help shine a light on the issues in rural education. Compiled by Carol Kreis Download PDF

Active parents make a teacher’s job much easier. They check up on homework assignments, help with discipline and guarantee that education is valued.

There’s an old joke among real estate agents that the three most important things to consider in any property are location, location, location.

She was always smarter than the curriculum allowed her to be. Now one Miami student is showing future teachers how to keep students engaged.

Third grade was a bad year. Third grade was the year I learned in school that I was poor.

Two experts offer opinions on what to expect from the economic crisis - and how to help your students cope.

More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.