Don’t judge a (text)book by its cover. Up to one-third of high school math textbooks aren’t about the subject printed on its cover, according to a U.S. Department of Education analysis. (Associated Press)
Will other states follow? Kevin Carey explores the implications of California’s “groundbreaking” plan to make public universities accept online courses, like MOOCs, for credit. (Higher Ed Watch/New America Foundation)
What if? Andy Smarick surmises that if he could go back to working for the state education department, he would focus his energies on teacher preparation reform because teachers are the heart (and driver) of any other reform effort. (Flypaper/Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
If don’t have one, build one. A Colorado teen wins a $100,000 scholarship for a science experiment she conducted in a makeshift lab underneath her loft bed. (NBC News)
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