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Education Archive

Archives for November 2015

I went to Yale. Here’s why student protestors feel betrayed.
Features

Yale promises its students “little paradises.” Here’s how it failed.

By Dara Lind
Education
Student protestors at the University of Missouri want a “no media safe space”Student protestors at the University of Missouri want a “no media safe space”
Education
University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe resigns after protests over campus racismUniversity of Missouri president Tim Wolfe resigns after protests over campus racism
Education

A graduate student’s hunger strike, followed by the football team’s refusal to play, forced Wolfe out of office.

By Libby Nelson
Technology
‘Star Wars’ Partners With Code.Org for Hour of Code Tutorial‘Star Wars’ Partners With Code.Org for Hour of Code Tutorial
Technology

“We want to make coding more fun, cool and hip.”

By Carmel DeAmicis
Education
How football and a hunger strike forced the University of Missouri president to resignHow football and a hunger strike forced the University of Missouri president to resign
Education

Tim Wolfe announced on Monday that he’d step down after pressure for his resignation built over the weekend.

By Libby Nelson
Education
Yale’s big fight over sensitivity and free speech, explainedYale’s big fight over sensitivity and free speech, explained
Education

Two emails about offensive Halloween costumes have turned into a tense confrontation on campus.

By Libby Nelson
Education
A study suggests it’s easy to catch students cheating. So why don’t colleges try?A study suggests it’s easy to catch students cheating. So why don’t colleges try?
Education

About 10 percent of students at a top university cheated on a midterm exam so blatantly that an algorithm could figure it out.

By Libby Nelson
Explainers
What the Success Academy fight over kicking out students says about the charter movementWhat the Success Academy fight over kicking out students says about the charter movement
Explainers

The most successful charter school in New York suspends students as young as 5 and, at one school, kept a list of students to kick out. How much does that explain its success?

By Libby Nelson

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