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My Gift To College Graduates: A List Of 10 Ways Not To Blow Your First Job

The hard work only begins once you've got your diploma. Here are 10 things to do every day to guarantee your success once your foot's in the door. READ MORE

Using Standardized Tests To Develop Flexible Minds

SAT coach and writer Elizabeth King, 33, coaches students to think tough--and to figure out what they’re good at before deciding on a career READ MORE

MIT And Harvard Team Up For Online Education Platform EdX

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How Green Dot Charter Turned Around L.A.'s Worst Schools

At L.A.'s worst high schools, gangs controlled the bathrooms and students regularly set hanging artwork on fire. Today, Green Dot Public Schools have dramatically increased graduation rates and college preparedness at a fraction of the cost. Here's how they did it. READ MORE

5 Alternatives To Burning Bridges

Feel like writing a snarky post or trying your hand at backstabbing? Here are some diversion tactics to avoid watching your bridges burn.READ MORE

Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology Breeds Young Innovators

New ideas, new markets, new insights--innovation takes many forms. Look around and you'll find it all over the U.S.A.READ MORE

Chalkable Bridges The Gap Between Education Apps And The Teachers Who Use Them

Chalkable has made a major first step in solving one of the biggest problems facing education entrepreneurs--getting things into the hands of teachers who want to use them. Here's an interview with cofounder Zoli Honig. READ MORE

The Xfund, Harvard, And The Student-Entrepreneur

The Experiment Fund launched this year and is designed to make seed stage investments in potentially transformational companies started by students at Harvard and other colleges.READ MORE

Three Ring Upgrades Students' Work From Refrigerator Door To Digital Portfolio

By rescuing student work from the trash, backpacks, and filing cabinets, and putting it squarely into focus, the Three Ring app makes it easier to foster a sense of ownership that helps students learn. READ MORE

Khan Academy Enters Next Era With iPad App

Offline learning is the latest tool for the unorthodox education organization. Here's how that and other new features will power Khan Academy's new app.READ MORE

A Game Plan For Restoring America's Competitiveness

I'd like to believe it's "Halftime in America" and the U.S. is starting to make a comeback in the game of global competition. Unfortunately, the reality feels more like sudden-death overtime--but there are concrete steps we can take to get back on track. READ MORE

Putting Ed-Tech Entrepreneurs Together With Teachers To Build Better Teaching Tools

Teachers are too busy to experiment with new learning technologies, so they don't. Entrepreneurs can't gain significant access to the learning environment, so they charge ahead with little input from the consumer. The Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Meetup aims to change all that. READ MORE

Minding The College Gap

In her sophomore year at Chicago's ACE Technical Charter High School, Kewauna Lerma had a 2.25 GPA. Yet when Jeff Nelson met Kewauna, he knew she was capable of getting into and graduating from a four-year college. Nelson is the ...READ MORE

Alex Peake's "Code Hero": How To Scale Education The Right Way

Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens explains how "Does it scale?" applies to education.READ MORE

Some Mobbing Behavior Of Birds With Your Popcorn? Rebranding Science At The Movies

Want to hear a Harvard professor hold forth on the neuropsychology of zombies? Then attend an event at the newly expanded "Science on Screen" series, where films are followed by scientific discourse.READ MORE