| Andrew Coulson compares public education to a 1971 Chevy Impala, which sold for $3,460.
That’s $19,011 in today’s dollars. If cars were like public schools, you would be compelled to buy one of... | |
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| The Economist debate on workforce quality has concluded with participants expressing faith that the wealthy West can compete with rising Asian countries. Proposition: The competitiveness of workers... | |
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| Doomsday books for kids are hot, reports Newsweek.
Scholastic is printing 200,000 copies of the teen-oriented “The Hunger Games,” about 24 kids in the ruins of North America forced by... | |
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| Extracurricular activities could be the secret to U.S. economic success, writes Mike Petrilli on Education Gadfly.
While it’s lousy at producing academic achievement, as measured by math and... | |
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| Some 24.2 percent of California students drop out of high school, according to new state data. That’s nearly double the failure rate estimated before the state started tracking individual... | |
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| Some 24.2 percent of California students drop out of high school, according to new state data. That’s nearly double the failure rate estimated before the state started tracking individual... | |
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| Charlie Rose talks with Michelle Rhee, chancellor of D.C.’s troubled school system. | |
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| “Renegade parents teach old math on the sly,” reports AP.
On an occasional evening at the kitchen table in Brooklyn, N.Y., Victoria Morey has been known to sit down with her 9-year-old... | |
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| Wealthy two-career couples can hire a night nanny to get up at 2 am with a crying baby, reports the New York Times.
Anie Roche of Los Altos, Calif., hired a night nanny through Craigslist last... | |
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| Steve Spangler is hosting this week’s Carnival of Education.
Lorem Ipsum has advice on using distance education to accelerate truly gifted children. My daughter used one of the options he... | |
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