How to Remake Education

The single biggest problem in American education is that no one agrees on why we educate. Faced with this lack of consensus, policy makers define good education as higher test scores. But higher test scores are not a definition of good education. Students can get higher scores in reading and mathematics yet remain completely ignorant of science, the arts, civics, history, literature and foreign languages.
NY Times

Study: Making Financial Aid Process Easier Opens Up Access To Higher Education

For years, studies have shown that young people from low-income households across North America are less likely to apply to college or university than peers from higher-income families. Now, a groundbreaking new study shows the solution may be as simple as helping students with the financial aid process.
Inquisitr

Dragon Peter Jones on unlocking the potential of future entrepreneurs

Dragons Den tycoon Peter Jones, who based the trial for his National Enterprise Academy in Bucks, explains why he believes so strongly in the need to teach budding entrepreneurs real-life business skills.
Bucks Herald

Southern Maryland High Schools Meet HSA Standards

Southern Maryland's classes of 2009 met the state's testing requirements as part of the first students required by Maryland to pass the High School Assessment exams to graduate. The High School Assessment
Washington Post

Issues That Matter to You: Education

Both candidates for Virginia governor say they would improve education by increasing teacher salaries, encouraging the creation of new charter schools and preparing more students for a technology-driven
Washington Post

Fact Checker: How Much Do Va. Schools Spend on Teaching?

Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell says Virginia needs to pony up and increase the amount it spends in public school classrooms, arguing that administrative offices get far too much
Washington Post

Clark will miss Basset

When John Bassett took me on a tour of the campus of Clark University recently, I had no idea that he was going to step down from the presidency of the school any time soon. He seemed very much at home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette