Education policy has largely been a second-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, have focused their comments and discussions mostly on issues like national security, trade, and an email scandal. Still, in Trump’s case, education discussions have followed him as he remains enmeshed in […]
Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it’s not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does. Almost all education research takes place in the US, and American schools can’t seem to learn from any of […]
Salary potential shouldn’t be the sole thing that attracts you to a particular college or university. But with average student-loan debt hovering around $37,000, students and parents can’t afford not to consider average post-graduation earnings while looking at schools. PayScale, the creator of the world’s largest compensation database, recently looked at the starting and mid-career […]
As a philosophy teacher to grade-school students, Jana Mohr Lone is no stranger to getting her mind blown. For the last 20 years or so, Mohr Lone has been the president of PLATO, a nonprofit focused on bringing philosophy to schools. Though her students still have most of their baby teeth, Mohr Lone says a […]
It’s not easy to reach Brandon Straub these days. The 32-year-old doesn’t own a cell phone, let alone a landline, and recently, his days center around finding buyers for the belongings he’s selling on Craigslist. With $30,000 in student loans, among other debts, he’s planning to file for bankruptcy. Straub, a veteran of the War […]
For students with the travel bug, a college’s study abroad program can make or break where they decide to go to school. But before students can jet off to their country of choice, they need to find a program that is the right fit for them. The Princeton Review recently released its 2017 college rankings, […]
For students looking to save money on college tuition, public schools can be a great option. As the following list indicates, students who attend public universities can go on to make quite a lot of money, too. PayScale, the creator of the world’s largest compensation database, recently looked at the starting and mid-career pay for […]
There are a few basic questions every journalist might ask before they interview someone. How do you spell your name? What’s your title? How old are you? But now, writers at one major newspaper will be asking one more question: What’s your pronoun? The San Francisco Examiner is adopting a policy requiring writers to ask […]
With the average student-loan debt currently hovering around $37,000, it makes perfect sense that students and parents consider average post-graduation earnings while looking at schools. While pay potential shouldn’t be the only thing that attracts you to a particular college or university, it is helpful to know what you can expect, in terms of pay, […]
Don’t have the time or money to get a bachelor’s degree? It turns out that plenty of two-year associate degrees have a high return on investment. According to the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, these are the 30 highest-paying jobs that require only an associate degree. Each has a median annual […]
The start of a new school year elicits a lot of feelings, and not just from parents and students. For the average American, just thinking about returning from a mere two-day break from work often brings out a phenomenon known as “the Sunday night blues” — a whopping they worry on Sunday nights about the […]
Learning is a never ending journey. But there are certain ways to boost your learning ability by doing things the right way. A broad group of educators and teachers discussed the topic on a Quora thread about the one piece of advice they’d give to students. We narrowed it down to the following 9 pieces […]
If you’re a student in Copenhagen, your next dorm could be on the water, quite literally. Urban Riggers, a sustainable housing startup founded in 2013, is making floating communities of dorms available to college students at $600 a month. The dorms, which are modular and made of low-cost shipping containers, are less grungy than you […]
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted to push the start of the school year back in line with the traditional day-after-Labor Day schedule, The Los Angeles Times reported. Citing benefits for students as well as for scheduling, the decision comes five years after the board began moving the start of the school year sooner. […]
Rebecca Kantar was two years into Harvard when she dropped out. “I just felt like a lot of the same brain development was happening to me throughout my classes,” Kantar explained. Like most students, her life had been spent learning information then being quizzed on it through multiple choice tests or essays. Even when she […]
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the most prestigious business schools in the US and is ranked one of the best b-schools in the world. After reviewing your application, essays responses, résumé, and references the most qualified candidates will be invited in for an interview. The interview process starts with […]
Reddit hosted an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, that featured Kwasi Enin answering questions about his incredible feat of being accepted into all eight Ivy League schools last year. Enin, now a junior at Yale, provided really detailed answers about when to start writing your essay and how to craft a story that will catch […]
Salary potential shouldn’t be the sole thing that attracts you to a major in college — things like passion, interest, and aptitude should also be considered. But it’s still nice to know which degrees pay off the fastest. (And we can’t blame you for being drawn to those.) PayScale, the creator of the world’s largest […]
Don’t have the time or money to get a bachelor’s degree? Don’t fret. There are plenty of high-paying jobs that require only a two-year associate degree or just a high-school diploma. According to the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, these are the 30 highest-paying jobs that you don’t need a four-year […]
An independent report released on September 1 detailing the long-term sexual abuse that went on at St. George’s School, an elite boarding school in Rhode Island, shed light on the policies that fostered an environment where faculty and staff took repeated advantage of students. The report,commissioned by St. George’s and an organization called SGS for […]
Reddit hosted an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, that featured former Cornell admissions officer Nelson Ureña answering questions about the admissions process at the Ivy League school. Ureña, now a cofounder of college-mentor application company Mentorverse, provided his honest answer to a student who asked if he should withhold the fact that he’s an Asian […]
Reddit hosted an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, that featured Kwasi Enin answering questions about his incredible feat of being accepted into all eight Ivy League schools. Enin, now a junior at Yale, provided one response about how he settled on his choice that was truly surprising for those who don’t know that you can […]
There are quite a few steps you need to take before you become a teacher. To become an elementary school teacher in a public school, for example, you not only need to hold a bachelor’s degree, but you also need to prove you have the skills necessary to teach elementary education and have a certain […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. That’s right — college football season is back in full swing. And as co-eds gear up for tailgates, home games, and fierce rivalry matches, some schools’ pride and atmosphere clearly surpasses the rest. Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, ranked which colleges have […]
A University of New Hampshire librarian, who spent a lifetime living frugally, surprised the school by donating his entire estate — worth $4 million. But then UNH decided to allocate only $100,000 to the library, $2.5 million to a career center, and $1 million to a new video scoreboard at the football stadium, The Washington […]
The Internet of Things, the connection of devices (other than standard products such as computers and smartphones) to the Internet, is in the process of transforming numerous areas of our everyday lives. And while it might not seem like an obvious application of the IoT, education is on that list. The Internet has deeply rooted […]
Nearly 1 million international students study at colleges and universities across the United States, up 40% from a decade ago. These students are heading stateside to gain access to some of the best higher education in the world — and they’re paying top dollar for it. In fact, recent data from SelfScore, a company providing […]
Former University of Virginia associate dean of students Nicole Eramo is facing a major setback in her ongoing defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine. Among several other rulings, a federal judge has decided that Eramo can be considered a “limited-purpose public figure,” which will affect the burden of proof the plaintiff must meet in the […]
A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other state education officials paints an abysmal picture of schooling within the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), the state’s largest public-school district that serves nearly 50,000 students. Filed on behalf of seven black and Latino students who attend five of the […]
As fall approaches, the weather cools off. Pumpkin Spice Lattés make their much anticipated return. And college students head back to campus. One of the most useful back-to-school supplies might be something students already keep in their back pocket: a smartphone. A well stocked app suite help students connect with new friends, keep organized, and […]
A year after announcing she’d give away $50 million to innovative schools, Laurene Powell Jobs is doubling down on her offer. Powell Jobs, the president of the Emerson Collective charity and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, announced on September 14 that her education initiative, XQ: The Super School Project, will split up $100 million […]
One of the most frequent questions I get asked on Twitter is: What books should I read if I want to work on Wall Street? Mention Ayn Rand or Sun Tzu and you’re likely to elicit the NSFW version of the eye roll. And forget about Machiavelli. A Zagat’s restaurant guide would do more for […]
The gender pay gap between women and men is the largest for students who graduated from elite colleges, according to a study released by the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank based in Washington D.C. The study looked at a cohort of students who enrolled in both public and private four-year colleges in […]
A reading revolution is brewing in American classrooms, and one company is quietly leading the charge. Newsela, a 3-year-old startup that promotes literacy in K-12 education, gives teachers curated news articles to share with their students. With the help of intelligent software that adjusts article text to match a student’s reading level, teachers can use […]
When Ryan Germick and his team first saw Sabrina Brady’s submission to the Doodle 4 Google contest in 2013, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. “It was a Doodle about her best day ever, and it was the day her father came back from military duty,” Germick told Business Insider. “It was a […]
A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill claims that she was raped on Valentine’s Day by a junior linebacker on the school’s football team, ABC 11 Eyewitness News reported. Delaney Robinson, 19, a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, made the allegations against the football player, Allen Artis, 21, seven months after […]
“Every student should do the best they can.” If you’re a grammar purist, that sentence may have made you cringe. Standard English dictates the word “they,” a plural pronoun, should never be used to refer to a single person. Since “student” is a singular noun, you’d need a singular pronoun like “he” or “she” to […]
Ohio University is removing Roger Ailes’ name from its campus newsroom, The Post, Ohio’s student paper, reported on Tuesday. The move follows deliberation over what should become of the school’s WOUB newsroom, which has been called the Roger E. Ailes Newsroom since 2007. WOUB is a radio and TV outlet at the university’s Scripps College […]
There’s a number of ways students can show pride in their school, but nothing shows school spirit quite like showing up on gameday. Whether it’s for a basketball game, football game, or a smaller niche sport, students celebrate their schools by covering themselves head-to-toe in school colors and filling stadium seats. They tailgate long before […]
High-school senior Brittany Stinson recently shared with Business Insider a humorous admissions essay that got her into five Ivy League schools and Stanford. That essay — which got her into the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Cornell and Stanford — went viral. In the essay, Stinson reflected on her inquisitive personality, told against […]
Student-loan debt in the US has grown to a staggering $1.3 trillion, and the average 2016 graduate will have to repay more than $37,000. With that in mind, ProPublica compiled data to demonstrate the soaring rate of tuition increases at public universities since the year 2000. The report found that the average coast of in-state […]
In a letter to US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald, Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence urged the federal government to repay veterans who used military benefits to attend ITT Tech, the for-profit college that abruptly closed in early September, Politico reported. Pence called for a full refund of all GI Bill […]
Parents are saving for college at record levels — but they’re still coming up short. According to Fidelity’s recently released 10-Year College Progress Report, 72% of parents reported saving for college this year — a record high — compared to 58% in 2007. But despite this increase, the study found that just 29% of parents […]
Follow thousands of super-bright kids for four and a half decades and you learn a thing or two about how to raise a high-achiever. One of the biggest takeaways: Even kids with genius-level IQs need teachers to help them reach their full potential. Since it began in 1971, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) […]
After 14 years of school, many low-income kids turn to government-issued Pell grants and need-based scholarships to secure the promise of higher education and a brighter future. This is a noble goal. The trouble, at least according to a decade of mounting research into academic achievement, is that the bulk of federal aid arrives 14 […]