Topic: Education Issues

Infographic of the Day: Admitulator Cracks the Code for College Admissions

From interaction designer (and geek demi-god) Golan Levin. READ»

How Businesses Can Improve the Education System

Research consistently finds that there is a large gap between what employees want and what schools teach. As a result, the U.S. Department of Labor ended up commissioning one of the great government education reports of the '90s, ...READ»

A Test Prep Track That Serves You Well by Zeke Lee

A common trend to get ahead in the race to accomplish a superior GMAT score has seen GMAT aspirants spend thousands of dollars on books and resorting to expensive test prep sources like Kaplan and Princeton. But why expend on books ...READ»

Denver: Incentivized Teachers [Fast Cities 2010]

Studies show that top-notch teaching talent is the biggest factor in a student's academic success, and Senator Michael Bennet, the former head of Denver Public Schools, thinks it's high time we start reflecting that in teachers' ...READ»

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Chris Cappuccilli - Receivables Recovery Redefined

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iTunes App Market shows GMAT Pill Application

'Time is money' ... and not just for Gates and Buffets and Obamas of the planet; but even for someone who, lets say, is entering and preparing for GMAT.By leaps and bounds, technology has outdone hopes. It is now possible to ...READ»

A Conversation With Jan Chipchase and Frog Design's Chief Creative, Mark Rolston

How do you design for China, a country that hasn't had much exposure to design but whose citizens suddenly find themselves awash in new money?READ»

GMAT Exam Preparation: Sentence Correction by Zeke Lee

The GMAT is an extensive exam that challenges student abilities in subjects of Mathematics, English sentence structure, understanding and reasoning. It would not be reckless to believe the English grammar section of the test to be ...READ»

An Analysis of Problem Solving content on GMAT Exam by Zeke Lee

The GMAT or Graduate Management Admission Test is a basic deciding factor for admission acceptance to all Business Schools and schools of management. Designed to try the various skill sets like principal Mathematics, use of English ...READ»

Redesigning Education: Rethinking the School Corridor

School hallways are just as important as classrooms when it comes to learning. So why are they built like factories? Part one in Trung Le's series about designing smarter schools.READ»

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Brightstorm profits off of high school SAT preparation videos

Brightstorm is a service that helps high school students prepare for SAT tests with fun videos done by high school teachers who show you how to do better on the test and help you prepare. Here you learn more about how Brightstorm's ...READ»

Charles Delane Bridge to Excellence Foundation

Charles Delane is committed to helping at risk youth obtain their education that he has started the Bridge to Excellence Foundation. The foundation will offer scholarships for students who cannot afford to pay tuition and purchase books. The new website that Charles Delane for the foundation will be updated within the next week or so, so check back often. Follow us on twitter - http://twitter.com/Charles_DelaneREAD»

Update: Michelle Rhee vs. the D.C. Teachers' Union

Eighteen months after we profiled Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee ("The Iron Chancellor," September 2008), she still hasn't won union approval of a new contract. After the October layoffs of 266 teachers and staff, ...READ»

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Involve Parents

Education takes teamwork.READ»

Schools Cram for Tests, Not the Future: Study

Meant as a reality check on test-driven measures like No Child Left Behind, a new report examines how forward-looking states are when it comes to education. The result: We're all mostly, C and D students.READ»

Tim Berners-Lee Launches Foundation to Increase Web Access Around the World

The Internet is ubiquitous in most parts of the US and Europe, but in reality, only 25% of the world population has access to the Web. That's why Tim Berners-Lee, the man widely credited with inventing the World Wide Web, set out to ...READ»

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Hi, my name is Ken and I moved to Los Angeles about 8 years ago; I work as a health director at California State University, Northridge. I'm responsible for managing the clinic as well as providing education and awareness seminars to ...READ»

5 Startups to Watch

At the first-ever Venture Capital in Education Summit, at the end of May, Peter Campbell of private equity firm Generation Partners told the crowd, "A theme you hear from the President is that in the next 12 years, we have to retake ...READ»

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The Honda Civic Beats the Toyota Corolla in Miami

Are you wondering whether to get a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla in Miami? The better choice of the two proves to be the Honda Civic with its high fuel economy performance, among other things. The Civics high crash test scores prove ...READ»

Do We Have a Responsibility to Education?

There are many people across the U.S. — the world even — who are committed to improving education. I’m talking about teachers, parents, legislators, community activists and in many instances, students themselves. I was ...READ»

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AD Kids Inc Info For parents of toddlers learning to speak, it can be difficult to tell the difference between normal difficulties with speech and stuttering. If your child has trouble talking and hesitates on or repeats certain syllables, words or phrases, he may have a stuttering problem. READ»

Schools That Think

Schools That Think By Sara Terry Loren Brinton graduates this June from the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning in Denver, Colorado. When he looks back on the events that shaped his four years of high school, he won't ...READ»

The Divide by Paul Tough

The Divide The debate I wrote aboutyesterday, between the teachers-union wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-charter-school education-reform wing, is in some ways a symptom of a even deeper divide between two competing ...READ»

Social Capitalists: Reach Out and Read

< Previous | Next > Reach Out and Read Martha Gershun, executive director Boston, Massachusetts reachoutandread.org Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national organization developed by ...READ»

Sandisk Intros New SDHC Cards

Sandisk [NASDAQ:SNDK] has a nifty little technology called Extreme III that the company says improves speed and reliability in its data storage cards. The only problem with Extreme III, until this week, was that it wasn't present in ...READ»