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Video: Worms, Pets, and Plants Star in Projects You can't tear students at Newsome Park Elementary School away from their schoolwork when it involves in-depth investigations with real-world applications.

Room to Learn: Talk to the Animals
Meet the cold-blooded creatures that travel from school to school with Tree Frog Treks.

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Eight Killed at Finland School After YouTube Post
Seven children and the school principal were killed when a fellow student opened fire at a school in southern Finland on Wednesday, hours after a video was posted on YouTube predicting a massacre there. -- Reuters

Related Edutopia video: Michael Pritchard: Lessons from the Heart

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For a Key Education Law, Reauthorization Stalls
The leaders of the Senate and House education committees are signaling that time has run out for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act this year, leaving prospects for rewriting it uncertain during the presidential campaign in 2008. -- New York Times

Related Edutopia article: NCLB: Law and Evolution

Students Tell Officials How to Improve Education
Nearly 200 Washington, DC, public school students sounded off about such issues as school violence, crumbling facilities, and unqualified teachers and brainstormed ideas for addressing those problems. -- Washington Post

Related Edutopia video: First-Class Citizens: Civics Isn't Just a Course

Education a Good-Guy Issue That Finishes Last
Education is a good applause line in a campaign speech, because everyone wants to put "children first." But the supposedly key issue won't break through as a top-tier issue this campaign season. -- NPR

Related Edutopia poll: Are the presidential candidates talking about public education enough?

What Every Child Needs
As universal prekindergarten becomes a campaign issue, a New York Times writer reflects on her son's experience and how it represents the national movement. -- New York Times

Related Edutopia poll: Should preschool be a part of public school?

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