April 2006

Gender Gap: Girls Outperform Boys

April 23, 2006

Boys Are No Match for Girls in Completing High School. ‘Nationwide, about 72 percent of the girls in the high school class of 2003 — but only 65 percent of the boys — earned diplomas, a gender gap that is far more pronounced among minorities, according to a report being released today by the Manhattan [...]

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Educational Webcasts

April 23, 2006

Webcasts connect kids to science, nature. ‘Next Tuesday, April 25, students and teachers will have the chance to take part in two separate online learning activities that aim to engage students in science: a webcast and online chat about genetics and the Human Genome Project, and a live internet broadcast from Carlsbad Caverns National Park [...]

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Educator’s Corner from Fat Brain Toys

April 22, 2006

Educational Toy Store Launches New Resource for Teachers and Homeschools. ‘Fat Brain Toys, an online educational store, has launched the Educator’s Corner, a new resource providing teachers and homeschools with free lesson plans, message boards, and educational products. After hearing from scores of educators how valuable their toys have been in the classroom, Fat Brain [...]

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Educational Innovation

April 19, 2006

Educational “Innovation” v. Educational Innovation. ‘Education has historically been plagued by a surfeit of innovation. In their influential volume Tinkering Towards Utopia, Stanford University professors David Tyack and Larry Cuban documented the longstanding persistence of oversold educational innovation, almost none of which has yielded significant reform. Rather than a solution to what ails public schooling, [...]

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Online MBAs

April 19, 2006

Working Wounded: Are Online MBAs Worth It? – While They’re Not Brand Names Like Harvard or Stanford, Some Online Programs Might Help. ‘I’m thinking about getting my MBA online. Any advice?’

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Next-Generation MBA

April 19, 2006

University of Phoenix to Offer Next-Generation MBA. ‘In response to feedback from some of America’s top corporations, University of Phoenix is launching a new MBA program throughout the Midwest, which applies proven teaching and learning methodologies to help working professionals solve real-world business problems. Next-Generation MBA focuses on significant management, growth opportunity and leadership challenges [...]

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Survey: E-learning in Europe

April 19, 2006

Report: E-learning in Europe: How do trainers, teachers and learners rate e-learning? (PDF). ‘The objective of the survey was to determine how e-learning is perceived by the teachers and trainers in terms of views and values but also what is the prospective future according to this target group. It has been carried out on the [...]

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Distance Learning Tales

April 19, 2006

Universities battling to capture the worldwide market. ‘When it comes to success, Britain’s flagship of distance learning, the indomitable Open University (OU) continues to blaze a trail. In October this year it will become the first institution in the UK to offer free course materials online. These will include all levels from access to postgraduate [...]

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