education

NPR is running a series on spending and school districts and all its…

With all of my frustrations with government sites, the education release feels pretty great.

Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…

Jonathan Dushoff had issues with students in his population biology class cheating on…

Based on about 14 million reviews on RateMyProfessor, this tool by Ben Schmidt…

Malke Rosenfeld uses percussive dance to teach math to her elementary students. The…

The map above by MetroTrends shows the percent of white kids who attended…

It’s around that time of year when more people than usual ask for…

Based on estimates from the National Center for Education Statistics, Randy Olson plotted…

North by Northwestern looked closer at degrees awarded by their university over the…

Ben Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, was curious about…

Statistician (and brand new PhD student) Jerzy Wieczorek explains the usefulness of a…

A prediction on the cost of a college degree in 2030. Interesting, although the model is simplistic, namely it assumes tuitions will never level off (if just for a little while) and when no one can afford tuition, there’s going to be more change. Plus the Internet is changing things.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a look at the percentage of academic…

As part of their campaign to prioritize education and get presidential candidates talking…

I’ve been reading papers on how people learn statistics (and thoughts on teaching…

Data is hot right now, so as you would expect, more people are…

Most of us have gone through the paces of algebra through calculus in…

If you’re a parent, most likely you want your children to go to…

Pete Warden, for O’Reilly Radar, compares current data responsibilities with those of harbor…