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Topic: High School Education

  

John Foley: Class Act

This Jesuit priest is changing kids' lives by sending them to Chicago offices.READ»

Why Your High School Yearbook Needs an Entourage

High Schools across the country choose Entourage Yearbooks. The yearbook publishing company is known for their excellence in customer support and extensive selection of templates, tools and yearbook printing software that makes planning and printing any high school yearbook a cinch.READ»

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Carpool Creativity

We live in the country and rarely have neighbors going to the same places we're going. nonetheless, we've been able to go outside the box a bit and still create carpools that save gas and time for everyone. Several years ago, ...READ»

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee: Partnering With City Year DC to Tackle Dropout "Catastrophe"

Washington, D.C.'s public school system has 45,000 students and an abysmal dropout rate of about 50%, typical of large cities. With a goal to remedy this dropout "catastrophe" (Gen. Colin Powell's term), while being constrained by a ...READ»

The Gates Effect

The world's biggest private foundation wants to fix American high schools. Is it laying its enormous bets in the right places?READ»

Get With the Program: Smart Strategies for Online Teaching

A startup with real vision, class.com is reinventing teaching for the 21st century. Corporate trainers would do well to watch how high-school kids learn online.READ»

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»

Elementary School Yearbooks Promote Team Work Among Students

The importance of elementary school yearbooks extend far beyond fond memories. Students learn coordination and cooperation when helping create their elementary school yearbook. The process brings together students and teachers for a memorable and educational experience.READ»

1984? No, Animal Farm

I just can't get unstuck on my latest rant about respect, doublespeak and corporate honesty. This article really took the cake: Tyson Creates Office of Animal Well-being. What's missing for me is that unlike the PTSA I belonged to ...READ»

Wilson vs. Woods

If you haven't yet read the Sept. FC "Open Debate" between Steven F. Wilson and George Wood regarding private sector involvement in (or in lieu of) public education, I'd encourage you to do so. I only wish to chime in with a comment ...READ»

Rising Star: Green Dot Public Schools

Steve Barr, CEO Los Angeles, California greendot.org Green Dot Public Schools is leading the charge to transform public education in Los Angeles so that all children receive the education they need to succeed in college, ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Gaining College Credit for YouTube: The Latest eLearning Trend

Back in November I first wrote about the emerging potential of iTunes University as a vehicle for learning, when Yale University Dean Joel Podolny joined the Apple team to serve as Dean of their own learning system. This past February ...READ»

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The Barrio Making a Difference Challenge: A Grassroots Movement

About the Challenge Princeton University professors, ghetto and barrio middle and high school teachers, congressmen, and mayors alike are standing behind the message in “From the Barrio to the Board Room.” But there aren’t ...READ»

Exploring the Wide World of Work

I'm an intern here at Fast Company this summer, doing anything I can to help out around the office while learning the ropes of magazine journalism. This is my first REAL office job -- other summers in high school and college I ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Academics Say Make Math Cool to Promote U.S. Competitiveness

(Guest blogged by Daniel Castro) A new study published last Friday in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society titled “Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving” is ...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»

Hope and Dreams

University of North Carolina professor Jim Johnson teaches business-school students, but his real mission is to build bridges.READ»

Education: When Business and Education Collide -- The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

Recent grads entering the workforce have gotten accustomed to hearing bad news about their prospects with increasing frequency. The rising costs of higher education means graduates pay for college much longer than four years. Young ...READ»

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The Secret To A Successful Career: Being Tall and Attractive?

n an ideal world, people are hired and promoted because of their abilities, competence, attitudes and interpersonal skills--right? Maybe not.Despite how far we've come in the areas of recruiting, selecting and developing people in organizations, there's evidence that we still judge people based on what some would consider superficial criteria. In fact, there's lots of evidence to show that people have gained success in their careers because they are taller and more attractive. READ»

CULTURE   |  20 comments

Donald Trump (Again!)

Last night's opener to The Apprentice was fascinating television. Yes, readers of this blog know that I am no fan of The Donald. Indeed, Fast Company is one of his loudest critics. But I have to salute Mark Burnett for spinning out ...READ»

How to Spot A-Players

There's nothing more important -- or tougher -- than finding talent. Here's advice from some top scouts.READ»

CliffsNotes for Adults

Will business-book summary services give you an edge? If so, which one is best?READ»

Ivan Glickman
COMMUNITY   |  Comment

Ask not what you can do for Microsoft, but what Microsoft can do for you….

Over the past few weeks, it is possible you missed a few interesting announcements outside of the Microsoft/Yahoo venture. That was Microsoft‘s commitment to the Open Source movement (to be discussed in a later post) and ...READ»

Next-Gen Latchkey Kids?

A school district in Spring, Texas, is forging ahead to "1984," thanks to RFID technology. It's planning to equip some 28,000 kids with computerized ID badges so their parents can track their whereabouts to and from school, as ...READ»

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Ford Lets Parents Control Kids' Cars

Since the dawn of time, parents have shaken their fists at misbehaving teenagers who careen around town whilst enjoying the freedom of the open road. Ford [F] is seeking to change that dynamic and come to many a parent's aid. In the ...READ»