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D.C. charter school would teach all but math and English online
A controversial computer-based learning model is competing with eight other proposals to be one of the next charter schools approved for the District, the Washington Examiner reports. …
Sensors are everywhere, and a new project wants to bring them to the classroom for cheap
One interesting element of Google I/O this year were the sensors laid out everywhere around Moscone tracking environmental data throughout the event, TechCrunch reports.…
Medical schooling for children?
We shudder at the thought of half of young Americans not being able to place New York on a map, Forbes reports. …
Free school offering ‘cross-subject’ learning approved by Michael Gove
The Guardian reports that an unorthodox secondary school offering "cross-subject projects" rather than traditional classroom lessons, is among the latest tranche of free schools to be approved.…
All Virginia students to use computers for standardized tests
All Virginia students will have to log on to a computer to take this year’s Standards of Learning tests, making Virginia one of the only states to wholly abandon the…
Massive tornado rips through Moore, Okla.
A devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing dozens of people—including children—decimating homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of Moore, the…
Sticker shock: New college graduates, here is why your education cost so much money
When high school senior Jenny Bonilla got her college acceptance letter in March, she felt shock and heartbreak rather than joy, Yahoo! News reports. …
Teen upstages Google with autonomous car technology
A Romanian teenager figured out how to produce an autonomous car for only a fraction of the cost of Google's self-driving car.…
Principal: Why our new educator evaluation system is unethical
A few years ago, a student at my high school was having a terrible time passing one of the exams needed to earn a Regents Diploma, The Washington Post reports.…
Shakespeare’s sonnets come to life in new app
A new app aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks, Reuters…