by Sarah Green | Jul 6, 2015 | News
Three million dollars is enough to send 120 students to college on full-ride scholarships with living allowances for a year, or to pay the full tuition of 330 for the same time. It’s a lot of money. And it’s the amount donated by an anonymous group to...
by Sarah Green | Jul 6, 2015 | News
California instituted standardized exit exams for all high school students in 2004, fully implementing the requirement in 2006. Prior to the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), each school district had developed its own exit exams, known as the High School...
by Sarah Green | Jul 1, 2015 | News
Of course it’s challenging to even get into Harvard, but to get in and get one of the top honors awarded to students is even more impressive. To give you an idea, in the graduating class of spring 2014 for MBAs, only the top 5% earned the “high distinction” of...
by Sarah Green | Jun 30, 2015 | News
Non-profit GlassLab has been working with PopCap Games and researchers at Florida State University to help develop a more educational version of Plants Vs. Zombies 2 (PvZ2), one of PopCap’s many successful titles. Called Use Your Brainz, the new title doesn’t make any...
by Sarah Green | Jun 25, 2015 | News, Student Issues
A recent study from Université de Luxembourg in Switzerland reinforces the concern that boys are falling behind in school, but it also helps to explain some of the reasoning. For some time now, boys in the 13-15 year range have been outperformed by their female peers,...
