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Want to learn something? There’s probably helpful stuff about it all over the web: videos, pages, digital books and more. If someone who already knew about the topic would put it all in one place, you’d be all set.
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A new type of textbook is threatening to disrupt a $4.5 billion industry that has so far avoided the media upheavals experienced in music, movies and trade publications. Open-source textbooks, free for students to use and for professors to modify, are being developed by more companies and adopted in more classrooms.
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Free classes from elite colleges like Princeton and Harvard have generated excitement, but they could actually widen the learning gap.
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Gone are the days of posterboard presentations. Google’s science fair recruited life-changing ideas from teenagers across the globe — language was no issue, nor was subject matter. Here are the winners of the second annual …
The tech industry is one of the few bright spots in a dim economy. So why aren’t we teaching kids the skills they need to participate in it?
As protesters took to the streets yesterday to protest the inequality of wealth, two computer scientists in Portland, Oregon are protesting the inequality of resources in schools.
Last week, Harvard’s Faculty Advisory Council revealed that the school now spends $3.75 million annually on academic journal subscriptions. Why so much? According to a memo the council sent out, some journals cost the school up …
A new study shows that students who use iPads in the classroom score better in literacy tests than those who don’t. As previously reported, educators in Auburn, Maine began instructing 266 kindergarteners using the iPad 2 this …
The class of 2016 was challenged to do something creative with their acceptance packages. One student decided to launch hers 91,000 feet straight up.
I should know better than to look at a new Apple creation and call it an outright failure. The company’s batting average is too high lately. There’s not a lot of room for nay-saying.
Still, I think a dose of skepticism doesn’t …
