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5 myths of educational innovators, part I: disruption, digital natives, and learning styles 27 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
It’s almost back to school–a good time to clear out the cobwebs and challenge some conventional wisdom. Hype is seductive, and an enemy of clear thought. Luckily, I’ve recently come across some very w...
Back to school, but without books and basics in Mississippi 26 Aug 2013 | 05:52 am
RICHTON, Miss. — When Superintendent Noal Cochran had an open teaching position in this quiet town, he looked for applicants at the bottom of the salary ladder—those with as little experience as possi...
President’s plan: Use financial aid to help curb college costs 22 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
President Barack Obama’s long-awaited plan to rein in the escalating cost of college would leverage financial aid to reward colleges and universities that graduate the most students with the least deb...
Q & A with Ember Reichgott Junge: How charters started and where they need to go next 22 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
In 1991, Minnesota became the first state in the country to allow charter schools. Since then, 41 other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit, and more than 2 million children attend ...
As charter schools come of age, measuring their success is tricky 22 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
When the Minnesota New Country School opened two decades ago in Le Sueur, a rural town 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis, co-founder Dee Thomas and her teachers hoped to do education differently. Ther...
Tuition starts to fall at private, for-profit colleges 22 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
Private, for-profit colleges have joined the march of institutions that appear to be lowering their tuition as enrollment flattens out and families become increasingly price conscious. The average tu...
Survey: As Common Core enters schools this fall, it’s still a mystery to most Americans 22 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
Despite intensifying political battles over the new Common Core State Standards in many states this summer, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans have never heard of them. The new math and Eng...
Most students aren’t ready for college, ACT data show 21 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
Education Week Most students are not adequately prepared to face the rigor of college, according to the latest ACT scores, which also show that the average composite score on the college-entrance exa...
Principals take the initiative to keep school open in the summer 21 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
Ed Source Thanks to enterprising principals, students in a few California communities will have no trouble answering the question: What did you do this summer? Despite tight district budgets, some p...
‘Sharp focus’ on teacher-prep programs falls flat 20 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Last week, the New York City Department of Education issued its first ever Teacher Preparation Program Reports. The Department was judicious in not describing the reports as an evaluation of the quali...
