Melanie Smollin
Education Contributor
From her outpost on the East Coast, Melanie Smollin writes about all things education for TakePart.
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Feb 17 2012
Unlikely players are jumping into the teacher certification game. Who's on the up and up?
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Feb 15 2012
Disorder impostors game system for drugs and extra time on tests, SATs.
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Feb 7 2012
Should kids’ grades call the shots on who teaches and who goes home?
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Feb 2 2012
Dealing with no-shows is essential to improving a school’s academic performance.
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Jan 31 2012
The armed forces limits graduates with non-traditional degrees—a new bill may change that.
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Jan 24 2012
Some educators and school officials are majoring in shady business.
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Jan 20 2012
The Dept. of Education releases tiered guidelines to legally deal with racial imbalance in schools.
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Jan 17 2012
A new study sends an important message about the myth of boys’ superior math ability.
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Jan 12 2012
Bullying, special needs, standardized testing—all reasons why parents snatch kids from conventional schools.
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Jan 4 2012
LGBT curriculum, undocumented students, abortions; that's half of what has parents fired up.