Jason Russell

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Common Core covers only math and English, while the new Missouri standards will also cover social studies and science. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Another state ditches Common Core

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:41 pm

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to the City Club of Chicago Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Lewis accused first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of "acts of terror" for his role in the budget standoff. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Teachers union head calls GOP governor an ‘ISIS recruit’

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:31 pm

Lily Eskelsen Garcia had harsh words about the era of overtesting brought by No Child Left Behind. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Teachers’ union head blames Dems and GOP for overtesting

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 2:27 pm

Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates

Jason Russell · April 20, 2016 6:53 pm

Of the high schoolers that used marijuana recently, seven in 10 said they used it at least three times in the past 30 days, with two in 10 saying they used it at least 40 times. (AP Photo)

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How many high schoolers smoke marijuana?

Jason Russell · April 20, 2016 4:53 pm

Including New York, Trump has gotten a larger share of delegates than votes in 23 states. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Despite complaints, Trump benefits from nomination rules

Jason Russell · April 20, 2016 3:21 am

In the five schools investigated, 95 percent of black students were failing reading or math. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Reporters who exposed failing schools win Pulitzer

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:30 pm

Head of Chicago Public Schools says the union is having trouble dealing with reality. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chicago school head says union in ‘Alice in Wonderland world’

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:12 pm

New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday to have their say in the presidential primary process. (John Taggart/Bloomberg)

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Guide to New York’s delegate rules

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 4:10 am

Despite GOP presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich's reluctance to drop out of the race, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz apparently don't feel much of a need to attack the Ohio governor. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Are rivals threatened by Kasich?

Jason Russell · April 18, 2016 6:01 pm

In Denver, 14 percent of students from low-income families enrolled in college. That's disappointingly low, but it's much preferable to the five percent number for the rest of the state. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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School choice is turning urban schools around

Jason Russell · April 15, 2016 11:39 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made cutting interest rates on undergraduate student loans the central component of her plan to make college more affordable. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Clinton’s ineffective student loan plan

Jason Russell · April 15, 2016 4:02 pm