About 7 in 10 recent college graduates carry student loan debt, with the average alum owing close to $30,000, writes Michael Morella at U.S. News and World Report. In “The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education From Itself,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the “disturbing” impact of this rising debt, dated school models and other challenges facing K-12 and higher education, as well as how to address them. Reynolds, a professor of law at the University of Tennessee and founder of Instapundit.com, recently spoke with U.S. News about how technology might have a transformative impact and what parents and student can do.
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