Education – Page 28

Younger Americans are reading books and visiting libraries after all: Study

July 2, 2013

“Younger Americans’ reading habits and library use are still anchored by the printed page.”

Younger Americans no longer visit public libraries and have all but abandoned paper books in favor of digital media has been the stereotype for a while. But in reality, young Americans are actually more likely than older Americans to have read a printed book in the past year and are more likely than their elders to use a library.

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The Chinese skills disconnect may be an opportunity for us

June 28, 2013

Business in China are swamped with job applications from college graduates but have few jobs to offer.

The headline in he New York Times read “Degrees, but No Guarantees.” However, the story was not about the students graduating from American universities this season. Instead, it was about Chinese grads. Chinese businesses are swamped by job applications from graduating students but have few jobs to offer. As bad as our economy seems for our own grads, their prospects are better than China’s.

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What age should kids start learning to code?

June 27, 2013

How young is too young to teach children computer programming?

What is the right age to learn to code? Three female designers living in Sweden have developed a new website and interactive e-book, “My First Website,” to help toddlerslearn to code.

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The best and worst majors for earning money

June 27, 2013

Engineering majors in particular have the highest median earnings out of college.

According to a recent report from Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (aka STEM) majors still have the best overall job prospects.

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Giant holograms offer medical students more memorable classes

June 20, 2013

The project’s creators say their “holograms” are more memorable than two dimensional slides.

Two London-based junior doctors have pioneered a system which uses an illusionary effect to help medical students master their subject.

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Photographer Jake Naughton documents the struggle to provide girls an education in Kibera

June 14, 2013

In Kibera, a division of Nairobi, Kenya, girls there don’t have much of a shot at an education. Kenya is still very patriarchal, and if a family has both boys and girls, it’s the boys who will be granted the opportunity to attend secondary school. (Photos)

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Who Controls the Education Industry?

June 14, 2013

Futurist Thomas Frey: Let’s first start off with a different question. “Who controls the bread supply in London?”

This was the opening question that Jonas Eliasson started with in his TED talk titled “How to solve traffic jams.”

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Going to college is worth it even if you drop out

June 13, 2013

For people who graduate with a bachelor’s degree, higher education is overwhelmingly a smart investment. But what about students who drop out? As it turns out, less than 60 percent of Americans actually complete a B.A. within six years of starting. Do they reap a benefit?

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Study finds more fresh air in classrooms means fewer absences

June 7, 2013

The study finds correlation between higher illness absences and lower ventilation rates in California elementary schools.

A new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has confirmed that opening windows to let in fresh air might be good for you. Analyzing extensive data on ventilation rates collected from more than 150 classrooms in California over two years, the researchers found that bringing classroom ventilation rates up to the state-mandated standard may reduce student absences due to illness by approximately 3.4 percent.

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The high price of tuition-free college in Sweden

June 5, 2013

Swedish college students still graduate with a ton of debt.

Colleges and universities in Sweden are free. But students there still end up with a lot of debt. The average at the beginning of 2013 was roughly 124,000 Swedish krona ($19,000). Sure, the average US student was carrying about 30% more, at $24,800.

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Will the Millenial generation become radicalized because of crushing student loans and worthless college degrees?

June 3, 2013

Charles Hugh Smith, author of The existing social and financial order is crumbling because it is unsustainable on multiple levels. The central state is not the Millennials’ friend, it is their oppressor.

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History of the job market for new college graduates

June 3, 2013

Congratulations class of 2013: you weren’t the class of 2010.

For most undergrads, college graduation is an occasion to celebrate, but in this economy we know it’s also a time of gnawing, career-oriented dread for plenty others. Even at Harvard, where Oprah is sharing some words of wisdom at commencement this week, just 61 percent of soon-to-be grads told the Crimson that they had an actual job lined up. One in ten said they had no set plans for the future.

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