Why it was so easy for ’60 Minutes’ to rebut Betsy DeVos’s charter-school arguments – The Washington Post
Source: Why it was so easy for ’60 Minutes’ to rebut Betsy DeVos’s charter-school arguments – The Washington PostThe Global Achievement Gap and Business Simulations | Smartsims
According to Paul Trout, “many students who enter college are underprepared, underskilled and generally dumbed down. What is worse is that more and more of them are entering college – according to UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute – “students are increasingly disengaged from the academic experience.”
Professor Spotlight: Dr. Sid Brown – The Sewanee Purple
Source: Professor Spotlight: Dr. Sid Brown – The Sewanee PurpleUnconventional Approaches to Teaching Writing
Writing is the vehicle that carries students to higher learning, and taught in creative ways, allows them to engage with core concepts using their own unique perspective. This is where teaching becomes learning, where material is applied instead of memorized.