Topic: Education Issues

Schools That Think

Everyone agrees: Education is essential for the future of the new economy. Everyone agrees: The public education system needs reform. No one agrees on how to do it. Here are four models for the future.READ»

How to Attract Star Employees Who’ll Work Full-Tilt Together

Want a window into a preferred way of life(style) at work? When a hot start-up in San Francisco seeks talented workers who have many choices about where to work - what does it offer? Call it the google effect. Grockit can’t ...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 Test Prince of Bel-Air

Robin Singh tapped his genius for logic to go from lowly Kaplan tutor to LSAT rock star.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»

Good Principles, Great Principals

Jim Collins goes to school--and explains high performance there, too.READ»

Education: Bookkeeping, Book Learning, and Earning

I was tempted to call today's post "When Business and Education Collide -- The Sequel": If you want students to learn more math, send them to a school run by a for-profit company. That's the conclusion drawn by a Harvard study of ...READ»

Do We Read More of Less?

On a gut level, you might say that kids today just don't read and write like we used to...or most adults just don't read books.  However, when you dig into it a little what's really evident is that reading and writing have ...READ»

Class Actions

Michelle Rhee's overhaul of the D.C. school system is the latest entry in a long history of attempts to improve public education in the U.S. Some highlights:READ»

• The Iron Chancellor
• Gimme an F!

Education: Losing and Gaining Religion

With my last post about Brooklyn's controversial Khalil Gibran International Academy in mind, I couldn't help but notice recent headlines on a Hebrew charter school in Florida and Catholic schools in Washington, D.C. As I discussed ...READ»

''It's Cool to Be Smart''

Freeman Hrabowski is nurturing a new generation of African-American scientists and mathematicians. His lesson plan: high standards, hand-on help, and some killer chess.READ»

Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System

No one is attacking Washington, D.C.'s stagnant culture more boldly than Michelle Rhee, head of the city's failing schools. Is there a lesson here for our nation's leaders?READ»

• 45 World-Changers
• A History of Public Education Reform in the U.S.
• Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade

Education: Dazed and Confused Over Metrics

What determines a good school? Usually the quantitative data -- most frequently standardized test scores and graduation rates -- carry the most weight in answering that question. On the qualitative side, there's student and parent ...READ»

'It's in the Country's Best Interest for Poor Folks to Be Smart'

The most compelling opportunities for social entrepreneurs are the public schools. Gene Wade has been dreaming about fixing the public schools since he was a kid. Now he's doing it.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»

Under-Capitalization Promotes Creativity and..

Under-capitalization promotes creativity due to necessity being the mother of invention.. My Elders taught me, "any dummy can spend money; it takes real talent to make money stretch "and" grow your business". I come from an ...READ»

'I'm a Saboteur.'

Brainpower is more important than ever, but education seems more backward than ever. John Taylor Gatto, an award-winning teacher, now aims to overthrow the public-school establishment for which he worked for 30 years.READ»

Get Smart Part One: Admissions Report

Will a declining economy and the dotcom meltdown prompt a rush on the nation's best business schools? Admissions offices nationwide are standing by, waiting to see if NASDAQ troubles will prompt a deluge of MBA applications.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»

• Who Needs Harvard?

Involve Parents

Education takes teamwork.READ»

Highest Education

The Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Higher Education has released its Academic Ranking of World Universities. The ranking is based on various indicators of academic and research performance, including Nobel laureates, ...READ»

Education: Technology -- Academic Godsend or Demon?

As I've read through education headlines this past week, two stories struck me because of their oppositional views of technology: View #1: Isn't new technology great? Maine's initiative to provide all seventh- and eighth-graders ...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»

Zap to It

It's time to consolidate your home-entertainment system.READ»

Microsoft's Class Action

Across the country, talent-hungry corporations are trying to save our struggling public schools. Are they creating smarter kids--or a fleet of drones?READ»