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Professor bans laptops in his lectures

Another item was noticeable in its absence: laptop computers. They were packed away under chairs, tucked into backpacks, powered down and forgotten. Cole has banned laptops from his classes, compelling students to take notes the way their parents d [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Utah may drop 12th grade to close budget gap

The notion quickly gained some traction among supporters who agreed with the Republican's assessment that many seniors frittered away their final year of high school, but faced vehement opposition from other quarters, including in his hometown of West [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Should it be your legal right to home school your children?

Despite its illegality, home schooling in Germany is becoming more popular. Thomas Spiegler, a sociologist at Friedensau Adventist University, a Protestant theological college, reckons that 600 to 1,000 children are being taught at home. He wants Germ [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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University finds free online classes don't hurt enrollment

Free online courses aren't sapping enrollment numbers—in fact, they're actually helping to spread the word. Those are the preliminary findings out of Brigham Young University, which experimented recently by granting free access to a selection of its [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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SOTU proposal 3: $10K tax credit for college,increase Pell grants

A $10,000 tax credit for four years of college, an increase in Pell Grants and a cap on student loan payments.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter

This research showed a relatively easy way to narrow the Black-White academic achievement gap. Realizing that one's intelligence may be improved may actually improve one's intelligence, especially for those whose groups are targets of stereotypes alle [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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10 Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

Community College offers many benefits over University, from cost to environment. Here is a list of 10 reasons why you should choose to go to a community college instead of, or before, going to a university. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Study: Parents' Sex Talks with Kids Happening Too Late - TIME

Could it be that in our risk-averse culture, where any and all moral errors have been designed to be life-changing, the taboo on free speech is what has to change first? Not the law, the taboo, which guarantees secret behaviors of consequence. Zero to [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Students Using Laptops in Class Do Worse on Tests

Diane Sieber, a University of Colorado professor, found that students who use laptops in class average 11 percent worse on tests than their peers.According to the 2008 Campus Computing Survey, more than two-thirds of college classrooms have wireless a [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Consipracy Code: kids learn history with video game

The next revolution in video games is coming out of Orlando. Conspiracy Code is perhaps the most radical game of the decade. It is not violent. It is not a major technological breakthrough. Conspiracy Code is an entire 10th-grade history course, [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Brain Makeover

Do cheerleaders help or hurt the cause of science education? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Kids in this classroom sit on giant balls instead of chairs

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Donna Yehl's fourth-grade students bob behind their desks, heads going up and down as if they sat on the deck of a rolling ship. But it's not a bad case of fidgeting. The two dozen kids in Yehl's classroom at Creekside Elementary School in Elgin [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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