Education News and Trends

December 2005
Colliding cultures (12/12/05)
Law schools fight the military over gay rights.

Justices wary of recruitment ban (12/8/05)
"Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays conflicts with campus nondiscrimination rules.

November 2005
Get in, show up, drop out (11/28/05)
Too many college students fail to graduate.

Frats gone mild (11/28/05)
Colleges are on a binge to tame fraternities. But angry members (and alums) are fighting back.

An education in Muslim integration (11/21/05)
Could Islamic schools be part of the solution?

The underside of the Ivies (11/07/05)
Author Jerome Karabel tells Justin Ewers about his new book, The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

October 2005
E-Learning 2005 (10/18/05)
Read about new approaches to distance education and browse our directory of undergraduate and graduate courses, certificates, and degrees in a variety of subject areas.

Just don't do it (10/17/05)
Are we teaching our kids way too much about sex? Or not nearly enough?

Success in the city (10/3/05)
A once-troubled urban school system is lauded for blazing a new path to academic progress.

September 2005
Chris Whittle: still thinking big (9/29/05)
Justin Ewers talks to Edison Schools founder and CEO Chris Whittle about his book Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education.

A counterintuitive take on school reform (9/22/05)
Anne McGrath talks to author Jay Greene about his book Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools—and Why It Isn't So.

Too good to be true? (9/19/05)
Critics fear the rapid spread of Advanced Placement classes is diluting quality.

Animal House revisited (9/16/05)
A former Time correspondent discusses his new book, Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You.

Can teachers measure up? (9/12/05)
Qualified teachers are in high demand, but critics say new accountability rules are full of loopholes.

August 2005
An uptick in SAT math scores (8/30/05)
As students bring home sky-high math scores, Alex Kingsbury outlines the trends in SAT results.

Undercover freshman (8/29/05)
U.S. News education writer Alex Kingsbury chats with Northern Arizona University's Cathy Small about her new book, My Freshman Year.

Not ready for college (8/17/05)
Graduating high school seniors who took the ACT college entrance exam this year were woefully unprepared for college-level work.

July 2005
Education report card (7/14/05)
Recent data shows that younger students are improving their math and reading scores.

June 2005
Learning from the beach (6/27/05)
Virtual classes give high school kids flexibility.

A quest for college cash (6/6/05)
A prime-time reality show aims to demystify the admissions and aid process.

Intensifying the job search (6/6/05)
Grads' earnest job hunts pay off.

May 2005
Strength in numbers (5/23/05)
The Posse Foundation recruits inner-city kids for elite colleges, and makes sure they graduate.

A kick in the pants (5/23/05)
Tough-guy basketball coach Bob Hurley has built his legend by making the most out of the least – and he doesn't rest until his players get into college.

Teaching to the test (5/16/05)
A school district tailors instruction to what each student knows and what each still needs to learn.

Class-conscious colleges (5/2/05)
Low-income students have long been a rare and invisible minority at elite colleges. That may be about to change.

April 2005
Paying for College (4/18/05)
Where to find funding, how to avoid common financial aid mistakes, and more.

America's Best Graduate Schools (4/1/05)
2006 Graduate School Rankings

March 2005
Back in demand (3/21/05)
This spring's graduates will find company recruiters eagerly seeking their services.

The new SAT (3/14/05)
It's bigger -- is it better?

Hard lessons (3/7/05)
What colleges can learn from the brouhaha at Harvard.

February 2005
Attention, teens, this is a book (2/28/05)
High schools battle poor reading skills.

The new school spirit (2/14/05)
Colleges with strong religious identities are changing American society, business, and government.

January 2005
How much money is enough? (1/24/05)
A court ruling could bring a windfall to New York City schools.

Degree mills (1/17/05)
Hot on the trail of academic fraud.

December 2004
Drowning in applications (12/20/04)
Why does applying to college have to be so complicated?