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Sun Microsystems chair, Scott McNealy touts open-source education for K-12 kids

”The two hot-button issues every CEO would put at the top of their list are health care costs and better-educated employees — everybody agrees that if we haven’t gotten them by the eighth or ninth grade we might lose them,” McNealy said. ”Getting kids excited about learning is at the top of our lists, and this is just one little piece of the puzzle.”

An Excellent Education for All of America’s Children

If the number of high school dropouts in this age cohort was cut in half, the government
would reap $45 billion via extra tax revenues and reduced costs of public health, of crime and justice, and in welfare payments. This lifetime saving of $45 billion for the current cohort would also accrue for subsequent cohorts of 20-year olds.

Montana gets low grade for school tech use

“Software is not going to teach a child anything anymore than a textbook is going to teach a child anything,” Barr said. “It’s parents, teachers and children working together that produces achievement.”

University of Montana president, George Dennison, discusses higher education in Bitterroot

“With regard to the proposal to create a community college, that is an issue you all have to decide for yourselves,” he told Lions members Tuesday.

Web Survey Seeks Opinioins About University of Montana Site

In its effort to continually improve and enhance the UM Web site, the Home Page Subcommittee of the University Web Committee is collecting user feedback via an online survey.

Usefulness of education research questioned. "No Child Left Behind"

By law, educators should use scientific methods when determining curriculum, but the science is often inconclusive, politically charged, poorly disseminated or impractical.

Professor details flaws in American education in speech at the University of Montana. “The Crisis of Education in America”

“I don’t want a comfortable class. I want an anxious class. You learn better when you’re on edge,” said Patrick Allitt, a history professor at Atlanta’s Emory University, on his teaching philosophy to a full house in the University Theatre during the President’s Lecture Series.

Delaware Focuses on the Economic Advantages of Early Childhood Education

Vision 2015, a coalition of community leaders trying to turn Delaware’s average school system into a world leader in the next eight years, calls for greater state investment in early childhood education. The group argues a strong start ensures children enter kindergarten prepared to learn.

Clear the ivy on academia Colleges should welcome a federal role in judging their success.

If the project goes through, it could be either a heavy-handed government intrusion into the finest education system in the world, or it could bring needed accountability and lower tuition to a creaking system that’s failing many of its graduates. Both students and schools that rely on federal money should welcome this call for more accountability on behalf of taxpayers.

Community colleges convert campuses to villages

"There’s a national trend . . . where universities are looking at transforming from commuter schools to residential campuses,"