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Education
Why Creative Teaching is Essential For the Information Age
Abandoning a narrow, one-size-fits all approach to teaching would help students develop the curiosity they need to become innovators of the future.
Education
Fifth-Year Senior: Why Making High School Longer Is a Brilliant Idea
Maine wants to accelerate the traditional secondary curriculum and bring introductory college courses down to high school.
Education
Education Reform? Student Activists Are Doing It Themselves
While debates about education policy rage on in Washington, D.C. many students are taking matters into their own hands.
Education
How California Schools Turned Struggling Students Into Second-Class Citizens
Color-coded student IDs and separate lunch lines ignited controversy in Orange County.
Education
How Can Students Learn if They Can't Use the School Restroom?
A high school in Brooklyn denied students the right to use all but one restroom.
Education
How One Chicago School Got Every Low-Income Student to College
100 percent of seniors at Chicago's Gary Comer College Prep have been accepted to four-year universities.
Education
Irish Students Design Software to Make Drivers Safer
More than 3,000 people die every day because of traffic accidents, and that number is on the rise. The problem's so bad that the World Health...
Education
More Than 10 Percent of College Papers Plagiarize Wikipedia
Even though paper mills and cheat sites are popular sources of copied work, the encyclopedia site reigns supreme.
Education
Desks in the Hallway: A Texas School Takes Learning Out of the Classroom
Hallway learning stations prove that learning can happen at any time and in any place.
Education
Can Storytelling Keep Kids Hooked on Science?
Researchers believe giving students an emotional connection to the subject through characters and plot twists will keep them engaged.
Education
Starbucks Profit-Sharing Initiative Gives Education Programs a Boost
A profit-sharing pilot will give money to nonprofits in New York City and Los Angeles to support education and job training programs.
Education
Are Schools on the Verge of a Mobile-Phone Revolution?
Over 75 percent of teens own cell phones, making them the perfect tool for learning—if teachers are on board with using them.
Education
Why the High School Guidance Counselor Needs a Makeover
Want to boost the number of students going to college? Let guidance counselors do their jobs.
Education
Can Student Startups Solve the Education Crisis?
Could middle and high school students come up with better solutions than pricey consultants and policymakers?
Education
The Danger of Using Tests to Measure Success
A school board member's testing philosophy changed after he took the standardized tests for his district's 10th graders—and did miserably.
Education
Adults Who Participated in High School Extracurricular Activities Earn More Money
Don't be embarrassed if you went to band camp. It turns out being in clubs raises future earnings by almost 12 percent.
News
How Do We Prevent Another L.A. Riot? Give Youth a Voice
After the L.A. riots, student paper L.A. Youth provided a critical student voice. Now it's in danger of closing.
Culture
Now and Then: Jordan Catalano Vs. Tim Riggins
Our new series, "Now and Then," pits our favorite pieces of vintage pop culture against their modern-day analogs.
