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Joanne Jacobs


Replace BA with certification

Instead of requiring a meaningless bachelor’s degree, employers should ask job applicants for a certificate of their skills, writes Charles Murray in the Wall Street Journal. The model is...

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Tags: education
Rethinking ‘critical thinking’

“Critical thinking” courses “promise better grades and higher test scores,” notes Jay Mathews in the Washington Post. But they work only “as a measure of the gullibility...

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Tags: education
Step right up to the Carnival of Education

This is my first time as ringmaster (barker?) of the Carnival of Education. I should do an Olympics theme, but it would be a very short carnival. Besides, a carnival should have something for...

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Tags: children, education
The ‘little emperors’ and the ‘tall test’

China’s one-child policy has created a generation of “little emperors,” who are both spoiled by their parents and pushed relentlessly to study, study, study for the “tall...

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Tags: education
Education Olympics — Day 3

Day 3 of the Education Olympics focuses on science. So far, the U.S. has yet to win a medal.

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What we don’t know about online reading

Young Americans are doing less “voluntary reading” in the traditional sense, but they’re spending lots of time reading online. Writing on Britannica Blog, Dana Gioa of the National...

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Tags: education
Carnival of Homeschooling

This week’s memories edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is hosted by Sprittibee.

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Tags: blogging
Hollow man

For three years, students at a rural North Carolina high school have planned for college, encouraged by the promise of scholarships for all. But John Edwards has withdrawn financial support for...

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Tags: education
Homeschooling wins court battle

California parents don’t need a teaching credential to homeschool, an appeals court has ruled, reversing a lower-court order. The Second District appellate court in Los Angeles ruled that...

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Tags: education
Education Olympics — Day 2

As the Education Olympics continues, the Scandinavians are cleaning up on high school graduation rates and bachelor’s degrees. The U.S. ranks 18th in graduating students from high school and...

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Tags: education