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A Classroom Software Boom, but Mixed Results Despite the Hype
The pitch has sounded seductive to thousands of schools across the country for more than a decade.
He can see that a girl sitting against the wall is zipping through geometry exercises; that a boy with long curls over his eyes is stuck on a lesson on long equations; and that another boy in the front row is getting a handle on probability. Each student’s math journey shows up instantly on the laptop Mr. Roe carries as he wanders the room.
Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With Classrooms
“Grand slam,” called out a boy (who’d later tell me with disarming matter-of-factness that “the one thing Mr.
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Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
By JOE LIGHT And RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN Jeff Swensen for the Wall Street Journal Biyan Zhou switched her major from electrical and computer engineering to a double major in psychology and policy management.
Khan Academy announced this morning that it has raised $5 million from the O'Sullivan Foundation (a foundation created by Irish engineer and investor Sean O'Sullivan ). The money is earmarked for several initiatives: expanding the Khan Academy faculty, creating a content management system so that others can use the program's learning analytics system, and building an actual brick-and-mortar school, beginning with a summer camp program. The $5 million marks the latest in funding for the non-profit, which has received over $2 million in grants from the Gates Foundation and from Google .
Khan Academy Gets $5 Million to Expand Faculty & Platform & to Build a Physical School
By Tom Lutz The following essay is adapted from a letter the author wrote to his colleagues and students announcing his resignation from the chairmanship of the creative-writing department at the University of California at Riverside. I spent most of my academic career doing what most of us do—teaching, reading in my field, doing research, writing books and articles, reading graduate applications and theses, holding office hours. I didn't pay much attention to the university and its administration. None of us has that luxury anymore.
Mad as Hell in California, and Students Should Be, Too - Commentary
The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year.
The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010
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