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When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the miracle has hit a wall: middle school. Results on the National Assessment…
Oliver, an only child, was born in 2018, and he and his parents don’t live near family. When the pandemic hit, “it was kinda like a perfect storm” during such an important time in early childhood development, said Dan, Oliver’s…
Fordham VP for Marketing and Communications Justin Bell explains the secrets behind the university’s rebrand successes.
A program for Ph.D. dropouts embeds thesis writing into courses to get doctoral candidates back on track.
University of Denver Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Todd Rinehart on the expanded learning opportunities of a combined city-mountain campus.
An admissions expert at CollegeAdvisor answers a parent’s burning question.
College rejections are not the end of the world.
Higher ed reporter Alina Tugend shares her latest EdTech resource rave.
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Department of Education abandoned key oversight of the companies that run the federal student loan program, according to a new report from the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO investigators found that,…
For decades, psychologists believed willpower was the ticket to a good life. “It was thought that people with better willpower would be more successful,” says psychologist Marina Milyavskaya at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Hundreds of studies appeared to support…