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A veteran teacher uses the last weeks of the school year to bolster her students' literacy skills before spring tests.

Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based company, is joining with 10 universities and postsecondary systems to create new "massive open online courses."

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems are seen as a prod to professionalize the preschool field.

A state-imposed teacher-evaluation system rolls out in three months, giving teachers and principals limited time to adapt.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged Trinity Protection Services, Inc. and CSI Corporation of Washington, DC with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC initially charged DTM Corporation of Maryland, but after DTM filed for bankruptcy, the EEOC alleged that Trinity and CSI were liable as successor companies. DTM had allegedly discriminated against a pregnant employee by suspending her, forcing her to get medical clearances and retaliating against her.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged Fidelity Engineering Corporation with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Fidelity in Spark's, MD failed to assign a vacant position as a reasonable accommodation to an employee after he returned to work following heart surgery. Fidelity fired the employee and refused to rehire him because of his disability and in retaliation for filing a complaint. The company has agreed to train its staff on the ADA.

Read about common childhood cancers and the National Institutes of Health’s cancer research programs. Learn about the new therapies available, as well as the types of supports available for families, from finding health care services to managing the emotional and physical challenges. 

A new study published in the journal Health Affairs shows that families did not spend as much on health care for their children with special medical needs as a result of the recent recession. The families hardest hit are low income to middle income families with private health insurance. Learn more about children with special health care needs. 

With new proposals for reauthorizing the law's No Child Left Behind edition, Congress is split on the federal K-12 role and on teacher evaluations.