Accreditation and reputation are both good signs for a potential student to use when he or she weighs the value of one particular program or school against another. picked by super 3 years ago

An open letter to the AQA board and the UK Department for Education: "My subject is still called physics. My pupils will sit an exam and earn a GCSE in physics, but that exam doesn’t cover anything I recognize as physics." picked by psayer 2 years ago

You can of course get a "free" education by joining the military, but if that isn't the route you wish to take here are 8 colleges where you can earn a degree for free. Some even give free room & board! You may have to work a few hours a week, but that is a small price to pay. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

All autodidacts will find themselves drooling over this site. Very extensive listing of free courses, documentaries, language learning, reference sites and more. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

"a free and open educational resource for educators, students, and self-learners around the world."

Extemely useful and full of information on a large variety of subjects! picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

That someone even took the time to write an article about this shows another sign of the coming APOCALYPSE picked by nesbyniccolo 3 years ago

The current model of higher education grew in a haphazard fashion that has left us with traditional practices and modes of organization that in some aspects are poorly matched to modern educational needs. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday repealed sex education policies enacted last year, the latest move by the moderate majority to undo efforts by conservatives when they dominated the board. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Who need education when you can get an "educaiton"...330 graduates received their diplomas with education spelt wrong on them. picked by princess2408 1 year ago

"Text messaging, with its use of phonetic spelling and little or no punctuation, seems to pose a threat to traditional conventions in writing."


I've noticed this in my own students and it makes me shudder. Remember when they tried to make "Ebonics" a formal language? How do we get "these kids today" to remember proper language? picked by bevissimo 3 years ago

Minnesota National Guard troops have to be deployed 730 days to qualify for GI bill education benefits. Their orders were written for 729 days! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

An education campaign is testing the use of 20-minute cell phone soap operas to spread the word about safe sex to high-risk women. picked by lynxears 11 months ago

This article provides some interesting (and some disturbing) insights into education in various countries, as well as trends in general. picked by rambler 2 years ago

Last night the Toronto District School Board set back any hopes of racial equality at least 40 years by voting 11 – 9 in favour of opening a publicly funded alternative Africentric school in 2009.

Edit: News version of this story picked by super 2 years ago

Which of the world's problems can we be the most effective in solving? The Copenhagen Consensus Conference, ranked 30 such problems and their solutions. #1 was giving vitamin A & zinc to 80% of the 140 million children who lack them. This would result in $1 billion in benefits at a cost of $60 million. Other solutions were for, pollution, disease control, the education of women,and more. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

What did this teacher do you ask? What was so terrible that the parents want the teacher to be placed in a chain gang?
those with a sensitive nature may not want to read such heinous crimes
She answered their questions during sex education class on masturbation, oral, and homosexual sex. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Kristin Maguire, an Upstate evangelical and one of South Carolina’s most respected social conservatives, has been one of the governor’s closest education policy advisors for years. She’s also Sanford’s appointment to the S.C. Board of Education, which last year elected her its Chairwoman.

It also seems she writes erotic and smutty stories in her spare time picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. 20 minute video. picked by groovy bastard 3 years ago

Free articles and sources about science and internet such as food production, scientific method, travel notes, wine, education etc. picked by denzz 3 years ago

Does anyone really believe universal, publicly funded preschool will help improve high school test scores? Yet this is what the South Dakota Department of Education seems to be touting. Perhaps it is time to evaluate what is happening in our high schools instead of funding two or more years of public management of preschool-age children with the outside hope that their test scores and social lives... read full post picked by GKar975 3 years ago