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American RadioWorks: Testing Teachers

American RadioWorks: Testing Teachers

Teachers matter. A lot. Studies show that students with the best teachers learn three times as much as students with the worst teachers. Politicians and education reformers are calling for big changes in how teachers are trained and evaluated - and in the way teachers are hired and fired too. Midday reprises the American RadioWorks documentary, "Testing Teachers."

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American RadioWorks: Testing Teachers

American RadioWorks: Testing Teachers

Teachers matter. A lot. Studies show that students with the best teachers learn three times as much as students with the worst teachers. Politicians and education reformers are calling for big changes in how teachers are trained and evaluated - and in the way teachers are hired and fired too. Midday reprises the American RadioWorks documentary, "Testing Teachers."

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Mpls. district, teachers reach tentative agreement

Minneapolis school teachers and district leaders have reached an agreement on a new contract.
by Tom Weber

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One reason college grad rates are too low?

In discussing the problem of low college graduation rates, The Free Press of Mankato mentions a possible cause: Because large lecture hall classes for freshmen are cheap, colleges can have a perverse incentive by having fewer upperclassmen. It doesn’t elaborate.
by Alex Friedrich

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How to make college campuses diverse

This fall we read why Winona State University has a higher-than-average rate of diversity compared to its local public-sector neighbors. Recently The Hechinger Report lauded Minnesota private colleges for their success in creating and keeping diverse student bodies, telling U.S. higher-ed institutions: They’d do well to pay a little attention to some Minnesota success stories.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Photos: More winter-holiday campus images

If you haven’t taken down your Christmas tree at home yet — and if you have, then we should talk — perhaps you’ll still enjoy this. Last week I had colleges and universities send in photos, slideshows and video clips showing winter or the holidays on campus. I posted what I got, but here are…
by Alex Friedrich

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What colleges should consider when connecting with students online

Jakob Nielsen, principal of the research firm Nielsen Norman Group, commenting on his group’s report, which says organizations misunderstand how students use the Web: “While it’s no surprise that organizations targeting college students try to reach them on the Web, they’re mistaken if they think the best path is through social networking sites. Sites like…
by Alex Friedrich

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Should students and professors be Facebook friends?

We’re still in the frontier of social media, and a lot of people are unsure what etiquette governs its usage. I’ve posted how students should e-mail professors. And I’ve mentioned an  warning against friending college admissions officers on Facebook. But what happens when it’s professors who want to connect with students? Bridgewater State University grad…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Cheating, do-gooders and manga

What some call cheating can help learning At these two institutions dedicated to equality under the law, what my daughter did during exams at one could have been considered cheating if she attended the other. What are we to make of the uneven nature of such rules, just as unpredictable as those found in our…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: You-are-there campus tours

Video: You-are-there campus tours

As a 1980s-era student who waded through college brochures instead of slick online presentations, the idea of a college tour videos still seems like a Jetsons-age luxury. That said, I’ve seen a few that were so slick they left little impression of the campus or of student life at the school.  (And this University Business…
by Alex Friedrich

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