Daily Archives: 6:08 AM
Online textbooks moving into schools
Seventh-grade history teacher Mark Stevens bellowed a set of 21st-century instructions as students streamed into class one recent Friday at Fairfax County’s Glasgow Middle School. “Get a computer, please! Log… Read more
Report on Medicare Cites Prescription Drug Abuse
WASHINGTON — Medicare is subsidizing drug abuse by thousands of beneficiaries who shop around for doctors and fill prescriptions for huge quantities of painkillers and other narcotics far exceeding what… Read more
The Global Search for Education: More from India
C. M. Rubin – Is there a future for a US – India partnership in education?
Study: Growing Up in Bad Neighborhoods Has a Devastating Impact
WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2011 — Growing up in a poor neighborhood significantly reduces the chances that a child will graduate from high school, according to a study published in… Read more
How Colleges Try to Indoctrinate U
Evan Maloney, documentary film producer of Indoctrinate U, joins Andy Nash for an eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at the making of his film. Focusing on some of the most egregious cases,… Read more
Arne Duncan and Union Head Are Clueless on Testing Teachers
Joy Resmovits – When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Obama administration’s reforms to teacher training programs before the D.C.-based think tank Education Sector last Friday, he was joined… Read more
