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From BloombergView: Sheltered Students Go to College, Avoid Education

Photo credit: John Morgan by Megan McArdle If you’ve reached that crotchety age I’m at, you may be as mystified…

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From Forbes: 5 Tech Trends That Will Transform Education By 2025

Photo credit: Dan Spencer by Pragati Verma Technology is reshaping how we teach, connecting classrooms and shaking up the fundamental…

11 years ago

NYT: Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble (Credentials Optional)

by Motoko Rich ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — In a stark about-face from just a few years ago, school districts have…

11 years ago

From U.S. News: Schooling the GOP Candidates

Photo Credit: Theresa Thompson by Gerard Robinson Here’s what education activist Campbell Brown should ask the 2016 GOP hopefuls. Read…

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L.A. Times: Major charter school expansion in the works for L.A. Unified students

by Howard Blume A prominent local education foundation is discussing a major expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles aimed…

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From NPR: High Schoolers and Snooze Buttons: A National Health Crisis?

by Claudio Sanchez “If a kid is in first period when they should still be asleep, how much are they…

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From CBS News: Fact-checking the first GOP debate: Education

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush again defended his support of the Common Core education standards, which are deeply unpopular within…

11 years ago

From USA Today: Does cursive writing still have cred?

Photo Credit: Caleb Roenigk by Suzanne Wright My mother, now in her 70s, has beautiful handwriting. As a young girl,…

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From BBC: Would Chinese-style education work on British kids?

Photo credit: P. Morgan The Chinese education system – with its long school days and tough discipline – tops global…

11 years ago

Campus Technology: How Nanodegrees Are Disrupting Higher Education

by John K. Waters New “micro” online certification programs are changing the educational pathways to success in certain industries. Read…

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