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Legislation sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to create a new statewide assessment system using computer-based exams that would measure and promote student progress toward career and college readiness was approved...

Every year we get these sorts of letters, but this one's special: To: Stranger Editorial control board Re: Complaint about profanity in Your “July 17, 2012 Endorsements for the August 7 Primary Election" YOUR PROFANITY IN YOUR ENDORSEMENTS detracts...

MADISON, Wis. – Buoyed by better-than-expected revenue that he describes as the “Reform Dividend,” Gov. Scott Walker rolled out a biennial budget plan Wednesday that calls for significant increases in education spending, state-sponsored college tuition...

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This year, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard helped Chicago teachers accomplish the impossible. Under a new Illinois law, the Chicago Teachers Union has to get a 75 percent vote of its entire membership (not just those voting) to call a...