“The Weight Watchers of college completion.” A new smartphone app not only sends reminders to college students about upcoming exams, but asks where and when they plan to study. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Filling in the holes. Teachers at a Georgia school are working for free once a week this summer, giving reading classes to more than 100 students during what used to be a summer program … before it was cut. (Hypervocal)
Hot for teacher. An online Mandarin school features scantily-clad models in its video language sessions. (The Telegraph)
“People who failed proficiencies or don’t go to class, they get in drawings for iPads.” Checking in with seniors at one of the high schools in Las Vegas identified for turnaround this year: Is it working? (Las Vegas Sun)
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