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Professor Dads Need Work-Family Balance, OYTEX Winner Finds

January 16, 2012 8:00 am | no comments

Sick kids. Sleepless nights. Conflicts between work and day care. Although research suggests that most dual-income couples share parenting duties, many people still...

 
 

The Merits of Merit Pay

May 1, 2011 5:47 pm | no comments

Does paying teachers based on how well their students perform lead to better teaching? There’s no shortage of polarizing issues when it comes to education, but...

 
 

Un-principal-ed

May 1, 2011 5:13 pm | no comments

Only about half of high school principals in Texas stay in one job for three years, and the schools most in need of steady, long-term leadership are the least likely...

 
 

Play Hard, Work Hard

May 1, 2011 5:07 pm | no comments

Cutting physical education in order to boost test scores has the opposite effect, studies show. There’s a certain amount of irony here. For several years now,...

 
 

Should Kids Be Clocking Overtime?

May 1, 2011 4:26 pm | no comments

Advocates of longer school days say they lead to improved academic performance, but the research shows keeping kids longer isn’t intrinsically better. Proponents...

 
 
 
 
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