by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 25, 2011 | Education, Topics
View “The education Twitter town hall that wasn’t” on Storify
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 23, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON–Americans said they think technology has become a critical tool in the classroom, according to the annual Gallup/PDK poll on the public perception of education released last week. In a panel discussion Thursday at George Washington University, former...
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 22, 2011 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON—Americans approve of their local teachers and schools more than ever, but are more critical of the nation’s school system, teachers unions and school boards. According to the results of the 43rd annual Gallup/PDK education poll released Wednesday,...
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 18, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON—Schools in San Diego hope that new waivers to No Child Left Behind will add flexibility, not more restrictions, in improving education. One of the loudest complaints against the often-vilified law is that it unfairly demands impossible levels of student...
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 17, 2011 | Topics
WASHINGTON–The questionable nature of for-profit college degrees has drawn fire from lawmakers but has some military employers less worried about just how useful these can be for an increasing number of unemployed veterans. In 2010, the Bureau of Labor...