Education

Astronaut Set for Out-of-This-World Graduation Speech

By Maya Rhodan

Florida Nears Passage of Immigrant Tuition Bill

By David Stout

5 Ways to Fix College Admissions

By Eliana Dockterman

55 U.S. Colleges Face Sex Assault Investigations

By Eliana Dockterman
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Really Hard Math Problems With Friends: A New Way to Prep for the SAT and ACT

A new app aims to make studying for college entrance exams as fun as playing video games and mobile games. But will it just fuel the college admissions frenzy?

By Olivia B. Waxman

Did the Internet Just Make the World Smarter?

It’s easy to hate on the Internet. We used to read books. Today, we read Twitter feeds. Before the web, we used our time wisely. Today, we waste time constantly. Twenty years ago, we had...

By TIME Staff

The Origins of Writerly Words

Thank Shakespeare, Milton, and Orwell for the creation of much the language we use today.

By Paul Dickson

Teen Accepted to 8 Ivy League Colleges Chooses Yale

After receiving letters of acceptance from Yale, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania, Kwasi Enin said he was drawn to the school's reputation in music and medicine

By Maya Rhodan

How Studying or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter

Research shows that experience in other countries makes us more flexible, creative, and complex thinkers.

By Annie Murphy Paul

High School Graduation Rate Hits Record High

New reports by the National Center for Education Statistics and America's Promise Alliance find the graduation rate, now at 81 percent, is on the rise amid the closings of so-called dropout factories and could hit 90 percent before the end of the decade

By Charlotte Alter

A Real College Affirmative-Action Plan

Instead of ignoring disadvantaged kids for 12 years and then tilting the field in their favor, start early to support their chances of success

By David Von Drehle

Kentucky's Plan to Curb College Drinking: Allow It

University of Kentucky officials are drawing up new rules to allow students to drink on campus, as part of an effort to rein in off-campus drinking after a series of student riots. The move is a recognition that the school's dry campus policy isn't working

By Josh Sanburn

Obama Administration Wants to Better Evaluate Teacher Preparation

The administration says there isn't enough data to show how effective programs are and that needs to change

By Maya Rhodan

Columbia in Hot Water

After months of advocating for changes in the way the administration handles cases of sexual assault, 23 Columbia and Barnard students have filed a federal complaint that alleges violations of Title IX, Title II and the Clery Act by the university

By Eliana Dockterman

Gabrielle Giffords on Malala Yousafzai: Her Courage Is Uncommon

Pakistan’s torchbearer for girls’ education

By TIME Staff

Alice Waters on The Edible Schoolyard

This California Restaurateur is teaching kids across the world about healthy eating.

By TIME Video

We Can Affirm That Race Matters—But Much Less Than It Used To

In 1970, it made sense to treat being black as a disadvantage in itself. But today, the Affirmative Action should be about socioeconomics.

By John McWhorter

Obama Thinks He Can Rate Colleges. Can You Do Better?

See how colleges stack up based on what you think is most important in a school

By Chris Wilson

Law Schools School Colleges on Lowering Tuition

Administrators are being forced to cut prices as fewer students apply to law school, thanks to fewer jobs in legal, but the rate of tuition increases at other colleges and universities shows no sign of slowing down

By Matt Krupnick/The Hechinger Report

Miss America Defends Suspended High School Senior

Nina Davuluri said she was flattered when 18-year-old Pennsylvania student Patrick Farves asked her out to the prom during a school assembly. She hopes Farves' high school will change its mind about his three-day suspension

By Nolan Feeney
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