by Supporting Education | May 18, 2013 | News
New Yorkers who are also residents of NYCHA should consider furthering their education at the City University of New York (CUNY). The two have teamed up to offer about ten exclusive $1,000 scholarships to NYCHA residents. With these scholarships, NYCHA hopes to...
by Sarah Green | May 13, 2013 | News
Toxic environments can make a potentially great job terrible, a once happy family miserable, and a place of learning detrimental. And according to one Southeastern Louisiana University professor, James D. Kirylo, that’s just what standardized tests are doing to our...
by Sarah Green | May 11, 2013 | News
Billionaire Ronald Perelman made headlines last week for his record donation of $100 million to Columbia Business School—matching Henry Kravis of KKR for the highest donation ever. Perelman is the chairman and CEO of MacAndrews & Forbes and a member of the FORBES...
by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2013 | News
In the past few years, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education has flown into the spotlight. More and more schools are adopting the STEM model, putting an emphasis on math and science-related subjects in an effort to turn out students who...
by Supporting Education | Mar 26, 2013 | News
Past posts I’ve written on edtech have emphasized the benefits that digital textbooks, iPads, apps, blogs, and other digital tools can have for the classroom. Some educators have other opinions, skeptical of whether these tools are more distracting for students than...
