May 12 University lectures are ineffective for learning, analysis finds By Travis Daub After nearly a thousand years, it might be time for universities to rethink how professors convey wisdom and information to their students, Science magazine reports. A meta-analysis of 225 studies published in PNAS found that the age-old practice… Continue reading
May 07 How do we help boys close the academic gender gap? By Sarah McHaney Sit still. Read quietly to yourself. Stop fidgeting. Such warnings are often directed at boys, but you may as well be asking them to do advanced calculus. Girls are more attentive, more organized and perform better socially and academically, according… Continue reading
May 05 Finland gets gold in mom rankings; U.S. maternal deaths on the rise By Larisa Epatko Finland is the best country to be a mother, according to Save the Children’s 15th annual ranking released Monday, while Somalia comes in last. The United States hovers at 31 -- about the same as last year -- but is… Continue reading
May 05 Some schools push to roll back healthy lunch requirements By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Some schools say new health lunch guidelines have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich… Continue reading
Apr 28 U.S. public high schools reach milestone graduation rate By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press The growth has been spurred by such factors as a greater awareness of the dropout problem and efforts by districts, states and the federal government to include graduation rates in accountability measures. Among the initiatives are closing "dropout factory"… Continue reading
Apr 24 What does Common Core implementation look like? Ask a teacher By April Brown The PBS NewsHour asked young journalists in our Student Reporting Labs to interview their teachers about how Common Core is affecting what they teach and how they teach it. Continue reading
Apr 10 School chums of Malala Yousafzai add their voices to education equality By Larisa Epatko The two girls who were sitting on either side of education advocate Malala Yousafzai, when a Taliban gunman boarded their school bus in 2012 and tried to kill her, are now working side-by-side with her again to tout an equal… Continue reading
Mar 25 In an about-face, Indiana decides to drop Common Core By Kyla Calvert Mason Indiana has become the first state to drop the Common Core standards for teaching math and English in public schools. Continue reading