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The Weekend Interview with Bill Gates: Was the $5 Billion Worth It?
Jason Riley – A decade into his record-breaking education philanthropy, Bill Gates talks teachers, charters—and regrets. ‘It’s hard to improve public education—that’s clear. As Warren Buffett would say, if you’re… Read more
Online courses: Task force wants to allow fees
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of California community college students take online classes that require them to pay an access fee to a commercial publisher on top of their registration fee for… Read more
Dream Act opponents collected 108,000 signatures
Organizers of a petition to suspend Maryland’s Dream Act collected more than 108,000 signatures, state elections officials said Friday. Opponents of the law, which would allow in-state tuition… Read more
Pittsburgh schools could let go more than 100 on Wednesday
The next painful chapter of cost-cutting within could start in days as officials prepare to furlough up to 38 teachers and to layoff or furlough as many as… Read more
Feds can’t make up minds on mercury bulbs
Ban outdoor lights while mandating use indoors In what critics call a classic case of the government working at cross purposes, Washington is forcing residents across the country to install… Read more
Elizabeth Marincola: STEM Degrees Provide Value Even in Non-STEM Careers
Why are so many young people intimidated by science? We may be happily past the negative rap of the “geek factor,” thanks to famously successful role models in Steve Jobs,… Read more
New York City School Teachers Failing, Report Deems One In Five Ineffective
A pilot teacher evaluation system implemented at 20 New York City schools found that almost one in five teachers were scored at the lowest tier of the four-category scale. The… Read more
Common-Core Writers Craft Curriculum Criteria
New guidelines on crafting curriculum materials for the common standards in English/language arts are reigniting debate about how to ensure a marketplace of good instructional materials for the new standards… Read more
Looming cuts worsen doctor shortage pain
Texas teaching hospitals are bracing for a big hit in the federal deficit-reduction plans under consideration, just a few weeks after the state Legislature slashed funding to the same doctor-training… Read more
Lisa Sharon Harper: By Any Other Name: Campus Crusade For Christ Becomes Cru
Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Maybe, but a Stink Rose by an y other name (say…garlic?) might get more play. On… Read more
