Education News

"Not only (does) the gap exist, it’s growing, and there’s nothing to suggest that we’re reversing this gap."

Twentysomethings often feel like they are reinventing the wheel just to exist.

n general, businesses want graduates who know how to communicate, who can solve problems alone and in teams, who embrace innovation, and who will function as contributing citizens in their communities, state, nation, and world.

Project M3 steers often-overlooked students from low income and minority backgrounds into advanced math classes.

The program is taught through the school’s Center for Economic Education and is free to teachers.

Mr. Blume and his temporary wards found common footing on a patch of narrative ground where every human, it seems, can stand: “Let me tell you a story about when I was young,” he said, and every young face turned to listen. It is Mr. Blume’s trademark.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for American Progress have come together for the first time with a shared sense of urgency to address a looming educational crisis that—if not addressed promptly and effectively—risks undermining the economic prosperity of future generations of Americans.

Casper College will start a new robotics degree program this fall that’s designed to meet industry needs locally and train students in what officials say is an emerging technical field.

The next generation of grandparents won’t even need to harangue their progeny with tales of walking seven miles to school in the snow; it’ll be impressive enough to say that they walked at all. My neighbor was right — the world is a very different place.

If President Bush wants the next version of his signature No Child Left Behind education law to carry his imprint, the White House will have to compromise with a host of disparate groups seeking changes in the 5-year-old act.