Education

School district apologizes for "Jews are evil" assignment

By filingspost Sat, 04/13/2013 - 7:39am

“The purpose of the assignment was to have students make an argument based on limited information, but it should have been worded differently, officials said. ”

23 comments
1995 reads

Digital Learning- key to fixing public education?

By filingspost Wed, 08/22/2012 - 8:04am

Juan Willliams reports: “My main take-away from reporting for this documentary is that ‘Digital Learning’ shows tremendous promise as an immediate solution for helping American students to succeed immediately.”

2 comments
409 reads

Reforming the 'Myth' of America's Failing Schools (It's Actually True)

By filingspost Thu, 08/09/2012 - 6:17am

“Nothing I can do will really make that big of a difference … They should be happy I’m even working here … I could be doing so much better somewhere else.”

Login or register to post comments
211 reads

"A new generation of education advocacy groups...shaping policy through aggressive lobbying and campaign activity"

By filingspost Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:28am

“All the new advocacy groups promote variations on the idea that they represent students’ interests over those of adults.”

Login or register to post comments
235 reads

The 'self esteem' bubble pops

By filingspost Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:53am

Science is now speaking up, with a voice that could spell the end... for the insidious practice of showering schoolchildren with empty praise.

2 comments
554 reads

Education campaigner wants to expel climate denial

By sifilings Wed, 01/25/2012 - 12:26pm

Education campaigner wants to expel climate denial

Login or register to post comments
247 reads

Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool

By filingspost Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:45am

Education

Their work, along with research by cognitive scientists, provides a compelling case against lecturing…Mazur’s physics class is now different. Rather than lecturing, he makes his students do most of the talking.

20 comments
1243 reads

Civil Rights Office Expands Its Reach Into Schools

By filingspost Mon, 12/19/2011 - 2:21pm

The Office for Civil Rights in the Dept. of Education reviews school districts and institutions of higher education for compliance with civil rights laws that the OCR enforces. read more

Login or register to post comments
294 reads

Want cheaper tuition? Find religion

By SharperIron Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:23am

“…many private religiously-affiliated colleges and universities are slashing tuition and offering incentives to attract new students—and to stay afloat.” CNNMoney

8 comments
883 reads

Archive