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| Education: News & Videos about Education - CNN.com |
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| Math tests for kindergartners? |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.
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| Mom finds U.S. lagging in early education |
(Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
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| That's my girl, I thought, as Olivia tore away from us to join the other 5-year-olds for circle time -- legs crossed, hand stick-straight in the air in response to the teacher's question about how the kids spent Father's Day.
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| U.S. Colleges' Green Grade: C- |
(Sun, 24 Aug 2008)
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| Campuses may be getting greener, but college curriculums are falling behind in teaching students the basics of global warming and sustainability
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| Harvard reclaims No. 1 spot on list of nation's top schools |
(Fri, 22 Aug 2008)
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| Harvard University is the country's oldest, wealthiest and most selective university. Now it's back on top of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, claiming sole possession of the No. 1 spot for the first time in 12 years.
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| College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age |
(Tue, 19 Aug 2008)
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| College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
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| A Homeschooling Win in California |
(Wed, 13 Aug 2008)
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| In a stunning reversal of its own ruling, a California court says it's O.K. for uncredentialed parents to homeschool their kids. But regulatory questions remain
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| Living with autism in college |
(Tue, 12 Aug 2008)
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| When Dan Hackett started college, he didn't make the grades he knew he could.
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| Tips for minimum wage earners |
(Thu, 24 Jul 2008)
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| The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to make ends meet.
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| Study: Medical students show racial bias |
(Wed, 09 Jul 2008)
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| Edna sits on an examining table ready and alert -- she wants answers about the lump in her breast.
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| More colleges move toward optional SATs |
(Fri, 30 May 2008)
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| Jen Wang of Short Hills, New Jersey, took her first SAT when she was in sixth grade, long before she would start filling out college applications.
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| MBA students go for Google |
(Thu, 29 May 2008)
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| Where do MBA students most want to work when they get out of school? Investment banks and consulting firms are still popular choices, but for the second straight year, the most coveted employer is Google, a recent survey found.
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| A chance to compare MBA schools |
(Thu, 29 May 2008)
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| Dan Berger, a 26-year-old aide to New York Congressman Charles Rangel, knew he wanted to get an MBA but, he says now, he was overwhelmed by the number and variety of programs available: "I knew I needed to gather a lot of information before choosing a school, but I really didn't know where to start."
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| Wake Forest Drops SAT Requirement |
(Tue, 27 May 2008)
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| Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to take the SAT and ACT exams, boosting a movement to lessen the importance of standardized tests in college admissions
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| Commentary: Tax-free hypocrisy from higher education |
(Fri, 16 May 2008)
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| There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
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| Wall Street - land of job uncertainty |
(Tue, 01 Apr 2008)
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| Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
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| Taking the kids: Exploring the heart of college country |
(Tue, 18 Mar 2008)
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| Secretly, I'm congratulating myself.
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| California Resists Home School Ruling |
(Wed, 12 Mar 2008)
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| In the wake of a surprise court decision, the state says that its home schoolers are "legal" pending appeal
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| Criminalizing Home Schoolers |
(Sat, 08 Mar 2008)
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| A child-abuse lawsuit ruling may have created a horde of truants in California, affecting as many as 200,000 children
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| 7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler |
(Tue, 22 Jan 2008)
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| What's it really take to parent a preschooler? It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qualities that make it much easier to manage all that, and why they're so crucial when you've got an independent-minded, boundary-testing picky eater on your hands.
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| VIDEO: Will Smith Planning to Start a School |
(Wed, 12 Dec 2007)
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| Video courtesy Buena Vista EntertainmentHaving immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.
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| 10 secrets for getting into a top B-school |
(Mon, 10 Dec 2007)
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| Getting accepted into a top MBA program is an arduous, time-consuming process, with plenty of potential pitfalls along the way. Witness that the most prestigious and selective schools - Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and their ilk - say they accept only 10% of all those who apply.
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| Young doctors in debt |
(Fri, 16 Nov 2007)
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| It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, the Chicago-area facility where she is training in pediatrics.
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| From six figures to student loans |
(Thu, 15 Nov 2007)
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| After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue another dream: to teach marketing at a university.
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| Commentary: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing' |
(Tue, 06 Nov 2007)
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| In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care system she will soon enter.
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| Teacher Who Fled With Boy Arrested |
(Sat, 03 Nov 2007)
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| A female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with have been arrested in Mexico, a prosecutor said Saturday
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| Russia's business school battle |
(Fri, 26 Oct 2007)
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| The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev -- are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.
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| College costs keep rising |
(Mon, 22 Oct 2007)
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| The average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report released Monday.
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| Kids use yoga to learn mythology, fight pre-test jitters |
(Mon, 08 Oct 2007)
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| Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.
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| They want to sell your kid |
(Wed, 19 Sep 2007)
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| To improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her freshman year (cost: $800).
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| Sixth Graders Take on Wall Street
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(Fri, 07 Sep 2007)
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| A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
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| Better Bedside Manners |
(Wed, 05 Sep 2007)
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| A new study shows that a standardized test of doctor communication skills can help create a nicer, better doctor of the future
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| The do-gooder's MBA |
(Wed, 22 Aug 2007)
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| Omar Yaqub didn't want a conventional 9-to-5 job after business school. He wanted to help save the world. So the 28-year-old MBA went to Nigeria to tackle an impossible task: creating demand for a product no one wanted.
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| Med student struggles to preserve her idealism |
(Fri, 17 Aug 2007)
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| "Two minutes!" yells our course coordinator.
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| Taking the kids: Touring college campuses |
(Mon, 09 Jul 2007)
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| Laurel Herter wishes she'd canceled the college tour trip as soon as she heard the dismal forecast.
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| Many American colleges balk at U.S. News rankings |
(Wed, 20 Jun 2007)
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| If presidents of some of the nation's top liberal arts colleges get their way, they will no longer be included in the U.S. News and World Report's influential collegiate ranking system.
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| How Nebraska Leaves No Child Behind |
(Thu, 31 May 2007)
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| One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
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| 25 Top MBA Employers |
(Thu, 03 May 2007)
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| Think of it as a popularity contest for companies. Each year, research firm Universum surveys MBA candidates on where they'd most like to work for an exclusive Fortune.com list.
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| Sallie Mae's private side |
(Mon, 30 Apr 2007)
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| The lure for private-equity firm J.C. Flowers' $25 billion buyout of student-loan giant Sallie Mae may be its fast-growing and lucrative business providing private education loans -- loans that exi...
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| The trouble with MBAs |
(Mon, 23 Apr 2007)
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| When Jack Welch gave a guest lecture at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2005, someone in the crowd asked, "What should we be learning in business school?" Welch's reply: "Just concentrate on ne...
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| Top colleges get more affordable |
(Thu, 22 Mar 2007)
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| A college education may be getting less expensive at some of the most prestigious schools.
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| The race to bring more diversity to business |
(Tue, 21 Nov 2006)
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| There's a hole in higher education that you probably haven't heard about.
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| Highest paid college presidents |
(Mon, 20 Nov 2006)
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| Running a university or college can make for 20-hour days and intense pressure to please a long list of factions from donors, board members and alumni to faculty, students and parents.
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| Average college cost breaks $30,000 |
(Tue, 24 Oct 2006)
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| The average cost of a four-year private college jumped to $30,367 this school year, the first time the average has broken the $30,000 mark.
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| No excuses or short cuts at Atlanta charter school |
(Mon, 02 Oct 2006)
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| Students at the West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, are expected to go to college.
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| 10 biggest mistakes b-school applicants make |
(Wed, 20 Sep 2006)
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| The application process for business schools is beginning, sparking the annual frenzy of activity - and copious questions.
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