Articles "Will This Be on the Test?" An Overemphasis on Grades Might Be Killing the Desire to Learn Shawn CornallyJun 11, 2011
Articles Are High School Valedictorians Becoming Passé? Citing an overly competitive school environment, some Kentucky districts are scrapping the time honored tradition.Liz Dwyer05 Jun, 2011
Articles Do Rich White Kids Automatically Think They're Harvard Material? According to counselors, low-income black students need to be talked up into applying to elite schools. Well-off white students need talking down.Liz Dwyer25 Apr, 2011
Articles Defunding Americorps: Do We Really Want to Take City Year Away From Schools? The Republican leadership claims the dropout prevention program is wasteful spending. Have they ever spent time with City Year corps members?Liz Dwyer09 Apr, 2011
Articles Three Lessons Education Reformers Should Learn From Michelle Rhee's Missteps It's been a rough week for the education-reform powerhouse, but there are lessons to be learned from her mistakes.Liz Dwyer02 Apr, 2011
Articles Meet the Facebook App That Predicts College Admissions Want someone to tell you if you have a shot at getting into your dream school? Now there's an app for that.Liz Dwyer11 Feb, 2011
Articles Rahm Emanuel Slammed by Chicago High School Students Chicago's mayoral race front-runner claims the city's highest performing schools are charters. A group of students says he didn't do his homework.Liz Dwyer03 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 Can Free Cell Phones Motivate Kids to Learn? (UPDATED) An experiment with 1,500 kids in Oklahoma City, led by Harvard economist Roland Fryer, hopes to find out.Amanda M. Fairbanks11 Oct, 2010