MOOCs in K-12 Education
Oct 29, 2013
MOOCs have been hailed as a game changer in higher education. But Scott Garrigan is interested in their potential for K-12 education. The jury is out as to whether MOOCs – (massive open onl…
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Jamie Amelio, founder of Caring for Cambodia Visits Lehigh
Oct 28, 2013
Jamie Amelio presented to a full house at the Linderman Rotunda on October 18 to share her new book "Graced with Orange." Jamie C. Amelio is the founder and CEO of Caring for Cambodia, a non-pr…
History of Standardized Testing
Oct 18, 2013
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem “Concord Hymn” commemorated “the shot heard ‘round the world" in the clash between local militiamen and British troops that marked the start of the Revolutionary …
School Shooters - Inside Their Minds
Oct 18, 2013
Written by Elizabeth Shimer Bowers | Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez At the request of Theory to Practice, alumnus Peter Langman—a sought-after expert on the psychology of young people who co…
The Challenge of School Reform
Oct 14, 2013
Written By Eric Metcalf | Illustrations By Henrik Drescher The educators lean forward in their chairs and tilt their heads to ponder the situation from a new perspective. They furrow their brows…
The Reverse Gender Gap
Oct 10, 2013
Written by Lini S. Kadaba | Illustrations by Laurindo Feliciano The data is indisputable: Boys now lag behind girls in several significant areas of education. But the roots of the new gender gap…