A warning to college profs from a high school teacher
For more than a decade now we have heard that the high-stakes testing obsession in K-12 education that began with the enactment of No Child Left Behind 11…
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How online class about online learning failed miserably
In the you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff category, here’s an amusing piece about the failure of a MOOC (massive open online course) that was designed to teach more than 40,000 students the…
Peace Corps releases ranking of colleges that produce the most volunteers
The universities of Washington and Florida boast the largest number of alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, with 107 graduates-turned-volunteers each, according to rankings the organization plans…
The Vietnamization of public education
Here’s an interesting look at the false metrics of success that characterized the Vietnam War, and now, school reform, by Steve Cohen, a senior lecturer in education at…
Opinion: How University of Virginia cheats great students
Last spring, Washington area students took more than 750 unnecessary Advanced Placement exams, the Washington Post reports.
Catholic U. starts a business school—without MBAs
Catholic University announced this month the creation of an unusual business school in which every course touches on morality and ethics, the Washington Post reports.
Martin Luther King: ‘Intelligence is not enough’
Martin Luther King Jr., was prescient on a lot of things, including education. Here are some things he wrote decades ago that sound contemporary, the Washington Post reports.
Column: Why schools used to be better
It’s one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave after wave, schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes, says…
Georgetown to offer free online courses
Georgetown University is joining one of the most prominent ventures in online higher education, a Web platform known as edX that provides courses from elite schools to a…
Colleges agree to recruit KIPP alumni
Twenty colleges and universities, including some of the nation’s most prestigious, have pledged in the past year to recruit more students from a prominent charter school network that…