Lakisha Johnson figured all she needed was her 2016 tax refund to get her and her daughter out of a homeless shelter and back into … Student loan borrowers, herded into default, face a relentless collector: the U.S.Read more
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Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?
At last weekend’s annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Boston, Cornell University psychologist Robert Sternberg sounded an alarm about the influence … Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?Read more
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Student teachers at Yale on ‘indefinite’ hunger strike
Eight graduate student teachers at Yale University have been on hunger strike since last Tuesday in an effort to push a collective bargaining agreement with … Student teachers at Yale on ‘indefinite’ hunger strikeRead more
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Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft Battle for school market
The three major tech companies—along with Amazon, a relatively new player on the scene—go head-to-head in vying for big chunks of school business, most notably … Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft Battle for school marketRead more
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JNU M.Phil student ends life; family alleges foul play
A 28-year-old M. Phil student of Jawaharlal Nehru University committed suicide at a friend’s house in south Delhi’s Munirka area on Monday. The family of … JNU M.Phil student ends life; family alleges foul playRead more
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No Aadhaar, no scholarship
A key set of scholarships that encourages middle school students to pursue careers in science, collegians to opt for basic science research and women to … No Aadhaar, no scholarshipRead more
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In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant
In the future, if you want a job, you must be as unlike a machine as possible: creative, critical and socially skilled. So why are … In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundantRead more
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The Lost Tools of Learning
That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is … The Lost Tools of LearningRead more
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Spying on Students
School children are being spied on by tech companies through devices and software used in classrooms that often collect and store kids’ names, birth dates, … Spying on StudentsRead more
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How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
The fact that today there are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States represents an unparalleled educational, scientific, and cultural endowment. These institutions … How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over EducationRead more