Opting out of the MOOCs craze. A university professor questions Minnesota’s decision to ban Coursera from offering free, online courses there. He also suggests a way around the ban. (Casting Out Nines/The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Because “learning should be messy.” A New York high-schooler makes a case for project-based learning. Education Sector’s Susan Headden recently highlighted such an approach in a rural Kansas charter school. (h/t ASCD SmartBrief) (Mind/Shift)
Banking on experience over degrees. A new, two-year apprenticeship program in New York aims to provide an “alternative path to post-secondary education”—and restore interest and value in programs like these. (Good)
The zoo via Skype. For schools in rural areas, field trips go virtual. (Des Moines Register)
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