The Smart Money Getting Smarter
Venture capitalists have plunked $15 million into Udacity, the free online university that Kevin Charles Redmon told us…
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The Music Man
Steven Angel uses drumming to teach literacy. Across L.A., juvenile-detention centers, schools, and libraries have fallen in love with his program. But scientists say there’s no reason to believe it should work.
Are Vocational Education, Liberal Arts on a Collision Course?
As even liberal arts colleges continue to turn their back on the liberal arts, where will the technocrats produced by higher education hone their thinking skills to address the current crisis in governing?
Sexists in White Coats: Men Favored for Laboratory Jobs
New research finds a male applicant is more likely to be hired for a job as manager of a science laboratory manager.
The Benefits of Interracial Roommates
In a study, minority college students randomly assigned a white roommate ended their freshman year with higher GPAs than those who shared living spaces with other minorities.
Chicago Teachers’ Strike: What Do We Want? Better Management Gurus Might Help
How the education reform agenda takes its cues from bad management philosophy—and ignores what actually works in business
Mediocre Report Card for Charter Schools
Do students attending charter schools outperform their peers? The highly charged issue is the subject of intense debate…
Gangster Anthropologist
Jorja Leap / Youth violence researcher / University of California, Los Angeles
Arts-Heavy Preschool Helps Children Grow Emotionally
New research finds low-income kids in an arts-enhanced preschool program have a more positive attitude than their peers, and are better able to manage negative emotions.
Infant Intelligentsia: Can Babies Learn to Read? And Should They?
THE VIDEO CLIP on Larry Sanger’s website shows the cofounder of Wikipedia looking both scholarly and paternal with…