Articles A World Without English Majors? Why Colleges Should Tell Students About Job Prospects Before They Commit Liz DwyerJul 02, 2011
Articles L.A. Student Does Graduate-Level Research on His High School, Finds It Lacking "The majority of our computers at Crenshaw are still running Windows XP." A Crenshaw High student compares his school to one in Beverly Hills.Liz Dwyer01 Jul, 2011
Articles The State of Summer School: Teens Are Hitting the Books Year-Round Top high school students are feeling the pressure to get into the best colleges, so they're signing up for summer school. Willingly.Liz Dwyer01 Jul, 2011
Articles Studying on the Second Shift: Midnight College Classes Perfect for night owls and working adults. Boston's Bunker Hill Community College offers classes that start at 11:45 p.m.Liz Dwyer16 Jun, 2011
Articles Searching for Educational Resources Online Is About to Get Much Easier Thanks to a Creative Commons joint project, students searching for "chemistry" online won't get sent to a dating site.Liz Dwyer11 Jun, 2011
Articles San Diego Is Bridging the Digital Divide with Refurbished Computers for Low-Income Families Trying to do research for an assignment or type a paper without your own computer is really hard.Liz Dwyer22 May, 2011
Articles Outsourcing Education: Does It Matter If Someone in India Corrected Your College Paper? That paper you think was corrected by a professor actually might have been marked up by someone halfway across the globe.Liz Dwyer18 May, 2011
Articles Hundreds of Los Angeles Students Walk Out Over Plan to Fire Teachers Despite a 26 percent dropout rate, students at Huntington Park High School are against a school turnaround plan.Liz Dwyer12 May, 2011
Articles This Standardized Testing Story Will Break Your Heart This story of a student who sits till 6:30 p.m. trying to do her best on the state test is Exhibit A of what's wrong with high-stakes exams.Liz Dwyer05 May, 2011
Articles Your Brain on Shakespeare: How the Bard Makes You Smarter You love Shakespeare's creative use of language. Now new research shows it actually makes your brain grow.Liz Dwyer14 Apr, 2011
Articles Twilight Is Now Required Reading for a College Level Honors English Class An honors English course at Ohio State University is including Twilight as required reading. Does Edward Cullen belong in college?Liz Dwyer06 Feb, 2011
Articles Grading on Campus: Is the Easy A Here to Stay? Leaked data at Columbia University shows plenty of students are getting A's. Is it grade inflation, or is everyone really just that smart?Liz Dwyer02 Feb, 2011
Articles Arf! Yamph! Woof! Yaffle! Yawp! The history of describing (and transcribing) dog words into English. If your dog is anything like my dog, you've been privy to...Mark Peters28 Mar, 2010