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The Official SAT Question of the Day for Friday, November 20

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

What is the volume of a cube with surface area 54x²?

1.   9x²
2.   27x³
3.   81x²
4.   81x³
5.   729x³

Teachers at Some Low-Performing Schools Get Bonuses

Two different measures of progress explain the discrepancy, said officials from the New York City Department of Education.

Regents Raise College Tuition in California by 32 Percent

Facing steep cuts in state financing, the university system voted on Thursday to raise undergraduate fees.

University Weighs Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research

The University of Nebraska would be the first such institution to set stricter limits than what national or state law allows.

Concert to benefit arts in Miami-Dade schools

Rock stars have done it to feed the hungry in Africa, to help American farmers and to combat global warming.<p/> Now, the Miami-Dade school district is doing it, too.

Florida to seek $1 billion in U.S. education grants

A couple hundred million ain't bad, but why not go for a billion?<p/> Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith on Wednesday said it looks like the state could end up asking the federal government for $1 billion in grant money earmarked for education. ``We are excited by what this means to the state, what it means to our children and what it means to our educators,'' Smith said in a call with reporters.

Ethics training will be mandatory for Dade school employees

Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is taking new steps to tighten ethical standards throughout the school district.<p/> On Tuesday, Carvalho announced mandatory ethics training for all district employees, beginning with those in the construction and maintenance management departments.