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Starting Tuesday morning, standardized tests will begin in New York state and after last year's record breaking numbers we can't help but wonder, 'Will they get worse'? Around 200,000 students opted out last year, and that number is only likely to grow...

Does anyone else's head hurt after this? The common core math method has been at the center of quite some debate in the past couple years and this woman, wanted to share what she learned with the rest of the world. I'm glad I'm not in elementary school now, that's for sure...

True story. In a story that perfectly encapsulates the insane degree to which our society has been completely influenced political correctness, a nine-year-old child has been threatened with sexual harassment charges for writing a love letter to his classmate, according to his mother. Appar...

I think he answered this question fairly, don't you? Really, he answered the question the exact way it was asked, but we're sure it is not exactly what the teacher had in mind. In a world where Common Core math problems seem to be the most hated, scholastic debate of all time, this kid is just doing what he's asked...

Now, usually you would side with a teacher who has asked a student to stop doing something repeatedly, but there's some parents that want the administration to look into this particular teacher. // Share this everywhere... Alyssa is 7...

This is the best note we've ever seen sent home from school to the parents!

It's no doubt that our kids in Western New York get a top notch education that sees some of the best teaching and standards in the country. How much exactly does that cost? Last year we brought you the top salaries in the Western New York district and now, here are the highest paid districts this school year...

Imagine this: You're a teacher and you see a kid blowing his nose on others, using inappropriate language and pushing other students. You confront him and say "do you know how your actions and your words are hurting other students and your friends...

This is probably not what they mean by "juggling a full courseload."

Irwin Horwitz is not your typical college professor. Horwitz failed every one of his students in his strategic management class at Texas A&M Galveston and then sent them all a blistering email letting them know they'd be receiving an F, while also ripping their behavior to shreds and revealing he's done teaching the course. ...

Do you think that this woman should have lost her job? Her intention was good...I suppose. She wanted her students to come up with a creative essay with very certain requirements of writing + English: gerunds, three infinitives and three participle and of course be grammatically correct...

I wish that my principal was like this! Just in time for the 'Blizzard of 2015' Head of School Matt Glendinning has a special snow day message for you. The Rhode Island principal had to shut down his school on Tuesday for the snow storm that rolled through the east coast earlier this week...