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The Academy Award show is Sunday night, and excitement is growing over what celebrities will wear, what they will say, and who will be the big winners.

In the critically acclaimed documentary Waiting for Superman, teachers unions are given a large slice of the blame for the systemic problems in America's public schools.It’s a narrative echoed in current public dialogue, and you don’t have to look very hard to find it.

In Rhode Island, the Providence school board has sent termination notices to every teacher in the financially troubled city, sparking outrage in the teachers' union.The city's mayor says the firing of more than 1,900 teachers, which takes effect at the end of the year, is meant to give budget offici

Read Rahm Emanuel's answers to our education policy questionnaireMayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is searching for a new CEO for Chicago Public Schools.

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Demonstrators are keeping up their nearly week-long protests in Madison, Wis., as legislators remain deadlocked over a plan to balance the state budget. Protesters are angry about a plan by Republican Gov.