Newest Posts in Education Atom Feed from Searchles Sat Jul 04 02:41:49 EDT 2009 en-us Other Colleges Eye Harvard's Plan to Increase Affordability Kimberley McKee The day after Harvard University announced changes to make the school more affordable for middle-class and upper-middle-class families, some higher education officials said yesterday that they would begin discussions within their schools about how to compete with that program. Dirty Secrets About Hotel Drinking Glasses! raana41 'I just lost it': Ivy League prof admits killing wife nevertalksmall Partnership between schools in Worcester yields a path to college lescott Defying Demographics: A look at University Park Campus School, a 7-12th grade school located in the poorest neighborhood in blue-collar Worcester, MA. Approximately 73% of students hover at or below the poverty line and 61% are minorities, yet over 80% go on to college and 99% pass the Massachusetts graduation exams. The partnership between Clark University and Worcester Public Schools has created an environment so successful that a number of cities are looking to emulate it. Have they discovered the key to closing the achievement gap? Amazing Kid!! raana41 Cartoons attacking Creationism nevertalksmall Apply To College From Facebook Kimberley McKee From now on, not only can you spend your college days idling on Facebook, you can even apply to college from Facebook. New bill would punish colleges, students who do not become copyright cops! lescott Schools would be forced to police file-sharing activity on their networks and possibly offer subscriptions to music services under the proposed College Opportunity and Affordability Act. If they don't comply, their students would be cut off from all federal financial aid EA Donating SimCity To “One Laptop Per Child” walkertr Electronic Arts wants to use a simulated city game to promote actual learning in third-world countries. AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLOCAUST lescott [Warning: contains graphic material] Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. In her new book, On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century, University of Maryland School of Law Associate Professor Sherrilyn Ifill traces the ongoing impact of these crimes. While the lynchings were devastating, Professor Ifill argues that the little-known contemporary consequences, such as the marginalization of political and economic development for blacks, are equally pernicious, and that there's still a great deal of education and reconciliation that still needs to happen. Educational Simulations-Interactive Life Simulation Software lescott Real Lives is an educational game for students that's meant to teach geography in a fun and interesting manner. ‘Prozac Nation’ Author Soon to Be a Yale Law Grad nevertalksmall 1 in 10 Schools Are 'Dropout Factories' bob_sacamano t's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across America. Alabama Picks a Bible Textbook lescott Alabama has become the first state in the union to approve a textbook for a course about the Bible in its public schools, and its surprisingly uncontroversial decision may prove to be a model for others. Guitar Legend Johnny Marr Moves to Academia diane_court It's a challenge most universities face - how to get students out of bed and into the study hall. Yesterday the University of Salford may have found the solution: get Johnny Marr to give the lectures. Are universities protecting students from the RIAA? the_wako_kid As I wrote earlier this week, the Recording Industry Association of America has now expanded its campaign against illicit file-sharing to students at George Washington University. Are Private Schools Really Better? nevertalksmall Iraqis flooding Jordan get free schooling paulh In the sunbathed schoolyard of the Shmisani Institute for Girls in Amman, Jordan, principal Sanaa Abu Harb makes an announcement over the speaker system. Professors, students protest Rumsfeld's appointment diane_court Students and professors at Stanford University are protesting Donald Rumsfeld's appointment to a campus think tank, saying the former defense secretary does not uphold the "ethical values" of the school. Genes May Hold The Keys To How Humans Learn lescott New research is giving scientists fresh insights into how genetics are a prime factor in how we learn. Researchers found links to learning behaviors in three separate genes associated with dopamine.