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Do Students Understand the Material? A New App Helps Teachers Know For Sure
GoSoapBox allows students to ask questions, vote up questions posed by their classmates, participate in discussions, or express confusion.
Read & DiscussIt's Time to Bust the Myth That Girls Don't Like Science
Research shows that girls are interested in STEM fields, but aren't given information about the opportunities.
Read & DiscussCan Student Startups Solve the Education Crisis?
Could middle and high school students come up with better solutions than pricey consultants and policymakers?
Read & DiscussThe Tricky Calculus of Setting a Price for MIT's Online Courses
Administrators have announced that students in the first class will receive their certificates of completion for free.
Read & DiscussWhat Does Teaching Creativity Look Like?
Our standardized approach to education has a siloed understanding of what it means to be creative. Here's what schools should be teaching instead.
Read & DiscussMost Students Who Should Be Taking AP Exams Aren't
More than 60 percent of students who qualify to take an AP exam never do. Guess who's getting left behind?
Read & DiscussIt's Time for Some Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education
This weekend's TEDxAshokaU event is bringing together innovators who are shaking up higher education.
Read & DiscussHarvard Looks Beyond Lectures to Keep Students Engaged
If the school's new effort is a success, the days of bored students checking Facebook during lectures could be over.
Read & DiscussA Nonprofit Publisher Puts Another Nail in the $200 Textbook Coffin
OpenStax believes its free books can save students millions.
Read & DiscussA Design Team Rebrands the Teaching Profession
Kiss the apple and one-room schoolhouses imagery goodbye. Design firm Hyperakt rebrands the teaching profession for the 21st century.
Read & DiscussObama Turns the Spotlight on STEM Teacher Training at White House Science Fair
If we don't train 100,000 teachers, who will educate the next generation of rock star science fair winners?
Read & DiscussWant to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
A 30-year study shows that building a student's intrinsic motivation works, not giving them prizes.
Read & DiscussOnly Four Percent of College Students Are Black Males
A new study sheds some light on how to grow their ranks.
Read & DiscussHigh School Students Explain How Budget Cuts Have Hurt Their Schools
Classes with 50 students, students with no desks, and one science teacher for an entire campus: Welcome to the world of high-school budget cuts.
Read & DiscussWhat Really Helps Community College Students Succeed?
With only 22 percent of community college students earning a degree in three years, something has to change.
Read & DiscussEllen DeGeneres Helps Heroic Teacher Who Pledged to Work for Free
Sara Ferguson, a third generation teacher in Chester, Pennsylvania, gets a sweet surprise.
Read & DiscussNew Petition Asks Obama to See Children as More Than Test Scores
The petition calls for the creation of a committee on the "whole child."
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