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Filling the Education Data Prescription

D r. Jenny Rankin illustrates why data used with high-stakes consequences should always be made "over-the-counter" (embedding guidance for users)…

11 years ago

From LinkedIn: Jack Welch: Skip the Traditional MBA

N o living person is more closely linked with the concept of business leadership than Jack Welch. Even for those who have…

11 years ago

From District Administration: Magnet schools make a comeback

Districts rejuvenate specialized, themed programs to promote student success by Mackenzie Ryan A t Nashville’s Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, a…

11 years ago

From BBC News: Niger meningitis: Schools shut to curb outbreak

A ll schools in and around Niger's capital, Niamey, have been shut until Monday because of a meningitis outbreak that…

11 years ago

From CBS: Sir Ken Robinson on creative schools, transforming education

Sir Ken Robinson joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his new book, “Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education.”

11 years ago

nprEd: Anti-Test ‘Opt-Out’ Movement Makes a Wave In New York State

Across New York state this week, some students are refusing to take a test, and they're not getting punished for…

11 years ago

From Nature: The PhD Factory

by David Cyranoski, Natasha Gilbert, Heidi Ledford, Anjali Nayar & Mohammed YahiaThe world is producing more PhDs than ever before.…

11 years ago

PBS Newshour: Why I’m telling some of my students not to go to college

by Jillian GordonAs the flowers start to bloom and it begins to look a little greener outside, many teachers are…

11 years ago