Game-based learning and mobile apps are beginning to catch on in schools—and these also were key characteristics that defined several of the dozen emerging ed-tech companies recognized by…
With a deadline looming, Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration is examining a proposal from congressional Republican leaders on how to prevent interest rates on some…
The nation's school districts are turning up their noses at "pink slime," the beef product that caused a public uproar earlier this year, the Associated Press reports.
Cheers arose for a new effort to get high school seniors into college—cheers, though as of yet no hard data to prove it’s working, the New Haven Independent…
Sophia.org has enhanced its social teaching and learning platform to include more than 25,000 free tutorials on math, science, English, and more—all in an ad-free environment. What’s more,…
Campus technology leaders are using their massive reams of data to improve their schools’ websites, social media presences, and marketing strategies—but many campuses aren’t using analytics to optimize…
Helping struggling teachers improve has become a big concern–and a big business–across the country, especially as more states, including New York, introduce more rigorous teacher evaluations, says the…
This article from Education Week suggests that teachers ought to learn neuroscience. That strikes me as a colossal waste of teachers' time, says cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, a…
The FCC finally will tell phone companies to stop overcharging schools; Florida and Washington are moving forward with digital textbook initiatives, and Alabama could be next; and a…
A 21-year-old Chicago man who began college at age 9 and medical school three years later is about to become the youngest student ever awarded an M.D. by…
The College Board was urged Monday to cancel a scheduled Aug. 3 administration of the SAT for a select group of ‘gifted and talented’ students enrolled in a…
Here are the 20 basic things that young people should learn about financial literacy — as recommended by the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, the Washington Post…
Under new education reforms adopted by North Carolina, gifted elementary school students will no longer be able to take middle school courses formerly available to them, the Huffington…