VIRTUAL SCHOOL, REAL EDUCATION
Has New Hampshire Found The Secret To Online Education?
Hint: it takes strong relationships and a strong dose of reality.
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IT'S NOT CHILD'S PLAY
Why Do More Than Half Of Principals Quit After Five Years?
Krystal Hardy, a wiry, intense young woman, is cautiously optimistic. This time last year, she and thousands of other public school principals around the country began their first year in the front office and stepped directly into what many consider one of the toughest jobs in America.
STANDARDS? WHAT STANDARDS?
The United States' Wildly Varying Academic Standards
Eighth-grade reading expectations in Indiana aren't the same as eighth-grade reading expectations in New York, not by a long shot.
WAY TO GO TEXAS?
The Graduation Rates From Nearly Every School District In One Map
A one-of-a-kind analysis of how each district fares.
CLICKS AND CLIQUES
Glued To The Screen: A Third Grade Class Where Kids Spend 75% Of The Day On iPads
Is this the future of education? What digital learning looks like when third-graders use it all day in one suburban district.
FRESHMAN 15 GRAND
Underestimating The True Cost Of College
How much does it cost to live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? According to Drexel University, students who don’t live on campus should budget $18,365, but Peirce College says it costs only $7,790 for housing, food, transportation, healthcare and other personal expenses, such as clothing. That’s a $10,575 difference in the same city.
TAKE YOUR PICK
Are New Common Core Tests Really Better Than The Old Multiple-Choice Tests?
Experts say new open-ended questions that tap critical thinking provide a marked improvement.
FAKING THE GRADE
Can You Steal An Education?
Wealthy school districts are cracking down on "education thieves."
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT NUMBERS
Can Students Click Their Way To A Better World?
Technology could help young people learn civics lessons — and use them, too.
GRADUATION CAP
Why Are Graduation Rates At Community Colleges So Low?
Professor Tom Bailey explains what "cafeteria colleges" are, why they're bad and weighs in on Obama's plan to make community college free.
THOSE WHO CAN'T LEARN, TEACH
Kids Teaching Robots: Is This The Future Of Education?
Avatars, robots, elves are being invented to become virtual pupils, to help students learn by teaching.
PROBABLY NOT 'GTA V'
Video Games That Work Better Than School
Behind the app that's teaching preschoolers algebra.
NEW EDUCATIONAL CODE
Should Every School Class Be A Computer Coding Class?
Coding, coding everywhere, as the some of the youngest schoolchildren become pioneers of computer science.
DORM DOOM
Think Tuition Is Rising Fast? Try Room And Board
Universities are raising food and housing prices faster than inflation.
CLASS WAR
The Gap Between Rich And Poor Schools Grew 44 Percent Over A Decade
The growing gap between rich and poor is affecting many aspects of life in the United States, from health to work to home life. Now the one place that’s supposed to give Americans an equal chance at life — the schoolhouse — is becoming increasingly unequal as well.
PLAYING TO LOSE
Is 'Making A Game Out Of Learning' Bad For Learning?
Gamification undermines what some experts see as the real opportunity for games to radically, albeit playfully, transform education.
BUT HOW WILL KIDS GET SCOLIOSIS NOW?
Will Common Core Kill Textbooks?
The adoption of the new Common Core standards was supposed to be a boon to the publishing industry; instead it may make textbooks obsolete
WAIT, WOULDN'T THEY BE EXCITED?
How Do You Tell A Kindergartener That His School Is Closing?
Louisiana to students at a troubled charter: You have a week to find a new school.
BOT FOR TEACHER
The Mind Of A Teacher And The Body Of A Machine
The teenager turned around. He was face-to-face with a teacher of an online course. Well, sort of. The teacher’s face was encased in a small video screen. His body was a four-foot-tall plastic tower on wheels.
NOT INSPIRED BY GREENDALE
How Massachusetts Is Turning Around Its Community Colleges
Community colleges in the Bay State are at an historic turning point.
