Can educators assess student performance in art, music, and physical education? Leaders in a Colorado district think so. (Slate)
“No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks.” What other school-related songs would you add to this list? (Schools of Thought/CNN)
Big investment. New figures show that raising a kid tops $234,000 these days—and that’s before college tuition costs. (Reuters)
The power of the interwebs. Remember the Scottish primary school lunch blogger we told you about last month who took photos and ranked her meals each day? Well, the school put the “kibosh” on that … until the online world spoke up. (Salon)
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4/5/2013 | Jordan Weissman discusses Andrew Gillen’s Higher Ed Data Central and the increase in college tuition in 
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