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Think You Can Pass Harvard’s 1869 Entrance Exam?
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Think you could get into Harvard if you applied today? What if you applied back in 1869? I'm guessing it would have been quite a bit harder since you'd have to be able to show some pretty interesting knowledge. There's a big focus on Latin and Greek and not as much on your SAT scores. So get ready to try and get into Harvard like it's 1869!
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Why Textbooks Should Be Open Source [Infographic]
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Amazon, Apple, Google and many other tech giants have been opening online bookstores with little regard for open source digital textbooks. Many universities, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, post course lectures ...
It’s Official: U.S. Students Are More Dumber Than Chinese Students
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Sigh. We all knew it was true but the New York Times just made it official. An article published today details just how far behind the Chinese we are in terms of education (and a few other things). The official result...
Why Teachers Are The New Principals.
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Read the full article at New York Times>> NEWARK — Shortly after landing at Malcolm X Shabazz High School as a Teach for America recruit, Dominique D. Lee grew disgusted with a system that produced ninth gra...
Why The Best E-Reader Is A Newspaper
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In a satirical and quite witty "study," McSweeney's has just unveiled the results of its latest test: deciding which e-reader is the best. They studied iPads, Kindles, Nooks, and Newspapers. That's right. They compar...
How To Efficiently And Elegantly Browse Your Social Networks
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Tired of the way Twitter and Facebook look? While there are a host of add-ons, plug-ins, and other tweaks you can make, it's hard to get it just right. Flipboard, a new iPad application, has leveraged many of the popu...
How To Use The World Cup In The Classroom
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It's bigger than the Olympics and attracts more viewers. The World Cup happens every four years and has been viewed by nearly a BILLION people worldwide already. It's only been underway for a few days but the stories ...
Why Buy Textbooks? New Service Lets Students Rent Books
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Why buy an expensive textbook when you could rent it for a lot less? Selling back books at school bookstores has become a joke ($5 for a $150 book?! I'd rather burn it than take that markdown.) but BookRenter is here ...
Towing Company Sues College Student For Negative Facebook Group
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After a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz’s car from his apartment complex parking lot, despite his permit to park there, Mr. Kurtz, 21, a college student in Kalamazoo, Mich., went to the Internet for revenge. Out...
Supreme Court Takes On Video Game Violence
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Compiled from information from the Associated Press and the New York Times: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will decide whether free speech rights are more important than helping parents keep violent mater...
In 1900, Studying For Exams Was Deadly
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Final exam time can be challenging for everyone. Whether you're a student, teacher, or staffmember, exams means crunch time. Even so, I was still a bit shocked to see this on a friend's facebook status today: back in ...
Stand Your Way To Fitness, Good Grades With New Desk Design
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Papers take much longer to write these days thanks to social media, the constant assault of media, and many students having the attention span of a gnat. It may sound like torture, but the New York Times has a solutio...
The Future of Anonymous Online Comments
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Is the internet free? What's the future of the internet? Are people entitled to spam, annoy, even harass you online? The New York Times and a host of other major media outlets are taking steps to make the online exper...