Two Million Minutes of High School

I’ve said before that high school is wayyyy too long. 
Or, to be more precise, students spend wayyyyy too much time on irrelevant fluff (I’m referring to the going to/from, attendence activities, social dramas, and basic classroom blah blah–though there is certainly irrelevant fluff among the course offerings as well).
Well, a new documentary follows six students in three [...]

Great Video: A Vision Of Students Today

Sooooo….is technology the solution to our education woes?  Or is it creating a whole new layer of challenges? 
How do college students learn today?  In what ways is technology allowing them to learn more?
What’s really going on in the college classroom?
Hmmm.  You’d better watch this video.
My take?  Technology is most useful in [...]

Kaplan Joins Online High School Diploma Bandwagon

The folks at Kaplan, never ones to sit along the sidelines when there is money to be made, have joined the legions of businesses and non-profits offering high school diplomas online. 
Kaplan makes money by offering all kinds of educational materials–largely test prep courses for those wigging out about the SAT, ACT or other standardized tests.  [...]

Google High School?

This blog post from teacher Jeremy Aldrich gives us a look at what it might be like if high schools were run more like Google.  You know–make it a fantastic place in which to spend time.  Offer free (good) food and let students spend 20 percent of their time on their own projects.  Something along those lines. 
 You see, [...]

Music For (A) Change: The Ballou High School Band In D.C.

Testing, testing, testing–and no arts.  That’s a recipe for disaster.
Here’s a look at a new documentary about how an award-winning high school band is transforming the lives of students in Washington, D.C.