Author: Matthew Lynch
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6 Facts You Must Know About Student Loans and College Debt
If the P-12 education system is all about preparing its students for success in adulthood, then college preparation is obviously a must. In the fall of ... -
Why scholars emphasize the need for affirmative action
Kalpana Jain, The Conversation Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, during oral arguments in the affirmative action case, Fisher v University of Texas, on Wednesday, December 9, ... -
Students who repeat a year stoke bad behaviour in class
Clara G. Muschkin, Duke University Students who are held back a year in school or who are older than average for their grade have long been ... -
Pull Your Own Weight: Resisting the modern obesity industrial complex
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
As easy as ABC: the way to ensure children learn to read
Kerry Hempenstall, RMIT University Human speech has long been present in every culture, and our brains have evolved specialized features to enable its rapid development when ... -
3 Ways to Revolutionize STEM education in the United States
We need to revolutionize STEM education in the United States. Why? According to the STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) Coalition, there are 26 million STEM ... -
Why is English so hard to learn?
Sean Sutherland, University of Westminster The prime minister, David Cameron, wants more Muslim women in the UK to be taught English to reduce segregation between different ... -
Why HBCUs need alumni more than graduates (and financial literacy, too)
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Online students need more face-to-face time, not less
Shanna Smith Jaggars, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University and Thomas Bailey, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University Higher education, we’re told, ... -
Students aren’t customers…or are they?
Geoff Sharrock, University of Melbourne With the rise of mass higher learning, tight public funding and intense competition for students, universities are often encouraged to see ...