Howard graduate opening her own doors
(Nikki Kahn / Post)
Britney Wilson graduated Saturday from Howard University. As a student with cerebral palsy, she has faced some challenges, but they didn’t stop her.
Suds 101: Md. college opens pub
(Linda Davidson / THE WASHINGTON POST)
St. Mary’s College wraps up a year-long responsible-drinking effort by converting a dorm rec room into an on-campus bar. “Talking to them about drinking, as adults, helps,” says the school’s president.
Minutes, hours stolen at Georgetown University
(Mark Gail)
The clock hands on a tower at the university have vanished; tradition suggests student pranksters.
At Virginia Tech, computers help solve a math class problem
(Jared Soares / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
The Math Emporium, where thousands of students learn introductory math via computer, offers a glimpse at a model of higher education without a professor doing the teaching.
Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety
(Nuri Vallbona / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
A new generation of tests attempt, for the first time, to quantify collegiate learning on a large scale. The lackluster results have fueled criticism of America’s vaunted higher education system. But college leaders are outraged at the notion that the fruits of four years of learning can be boiled down to a number.
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‘Worst’ 8th grade math teacher in NYC
Meet the woman who learned from a report assessing teacher effectiveness by the results of student test scores that she was the worst eighth-grade math teacher in New York City. Here’s how this happened to her and what it means.
Why education inequality persists — and how to fix it
A new report shows that the communities where most of the city’s poor, black and Hispanic students live suffer from New York policies and practices that give their schools the fewest resources and their students the least experienced teachers.
A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school
Educator Marion Brady offers a radical alternative for today’s mandated, standardized curriculum.
U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs
The Rotunda is crumbling. But the $51 million repair project is one urgent need among many for a higher education system that is a source of both pride and worry for Virginia’s leaders.
Crackdown at Naval Academy
Synthetic marijuana, commonly called “spice,” is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy, some midshipmen say.
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