Thursday, February 2, 2012

The President Takes on Dropouts

"Obama's call for youths to stay in school till 18 good, but not enough, Duke professors say"


Read the whole article here.


The best quote comes at the end of the article. As is so often the case: "[Raising the age limit of compulsory education] is a good idea, but I worry about cash-strapped states finding the money to finance the extension," Ladd said. "So the question is, would the federal government simply mandate that all states raise the compulsory education age, or would the government provide financial incentives?"

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Irrational Numbers


The Future of Education? I Hope So!

Textbooks are static, outdated, expensive, heavy... the list of reasons against using them goes on and on. "There is no reason today to assume that kids have to use the same tools that they used in 1950. In fact, to do so is to prepare them for a world that's already passed."


Check out this awesome video about interactive textbooks on the iPad! Is this the future of education? I certainly hope so!

Click here to learn more about iBooks textbooks for iPad!