Mississippi
Breastfeeding and the Achievement Gap
In Mississippi, the gap could narrow if more moms nursed their babies, so why don’t they?
New Orleans
Can schools create gifted students?
One Louisiana district is giving extra support to “high potential” minority students to ace IQ tests
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percent of decisions for lower secondary schools are made at the school level in the Netherlands
In Dutch schools, more time in school and more educator control
Mississippi
Breastfeeding and the Achievement Gap
In Mississippi, the gap could narrow if more moms nursed their babies, so why don’t they?Read more
New Orleans
Column Public school: Our best weapon against terror attacks on freedom of speech?
Waving flags and pens won’t unify a country like public schools can. If you want more patriotic citizens, then demand the integration of public schools. Protect the country from inside…
Blended Learning
A quest for a different learning model: Playing games in school
NEW YORK — When the New York City middle school Quest to Learn welcomed its first class of sixth-graders in 2009, it hailed itself as “the school for digital kids.”…
Higher Ed
Colleges ratchet up recruiting of applicants — just to turn them down
When Tel Kelley began his college search, he knew he wanted to go to a big school with a top-notch sports medicine program and big-time intercollegiate teams. But as his…
“Sometimes it’s cheaper to just buy a new car than to fix a damaged one. The Common Core should be scrapped. As soon as you fix one thing, something else pops up elsewhere that’s equally problematic.”
Will test-based teacher evaluations derail the Common Core?
Higher Ed
Needing public support, academics try to make their work more clear
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—It may not be entirely surprising, in the rarefied confines of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to hear a member of the faculty let terms like “randomized controls”…
Blogs
Column The push for standards is seeping into arts education
Advocates for arts education are in the midst of a counter offensive. Arguing that post-recession budget cuts and Bush-era testing policies have prompted schools to cut art (in order to…
Higher Ed
President weighs in with plan for free community college
President Barack Obama surprised observers by proposing making community college free, as has been done in Tennessee and is under consideration in other states. The president dropped his unexpected idea…