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Is Better Learning Just a Click Away at Major Universities?

By UCN on March 8, 2010 7:51 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

In this photograph taken on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, Professor Michael Dubson teaches a physics class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.

The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks.

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F: Why We Can't Get Rid of Failing Teachers

By UCN on March 8, 2010 4:55 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation's future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world.

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Top Home-School Texts Dismiss Darwin, Evolution

By UCN on March 8, 2010 3:51 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

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In this photo Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, Thirteen year-old Louisa Perry-Farr, left, works on her science while her ten year old sister Thea Perry-Farr works on her Logic in the dining room of their home in Lexington, Ky.

Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.

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At Universities, Is Better Learning a Click Away?

By UCN on March 8, 2010 3:16 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

In this photograph taken on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, Professor Michael Dubson teaches a physics class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. Some professors like Dubson endorse simple, straightforward devices that stick to multiple choice questions. Others embrace fancier models or newer applications for smart phones and laptops that allow students to query the professor by text or e-mail during the lecture or conduct discussion with classmates _ without the cost of purchasing a clicker.

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Oklahoma Schools Closer to Offering Bible Course

By UCN on March 6, 2010 11:23 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will allow public schools in the state to offer elective courses on the Bible beginning with the 2011-12 school year.

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Prominent Christian, Don McLeroy, Unseated in Texas Education Board

By UCN on March 4, 2010 7:17 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A Christian conservative lost his seat on the Texas State Board of Education in a closely-watched race.

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Atheist Group: Trade Your Bibles in for Porn

By UCN on March 4, 2010 7:14 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A campus atheist group began its attention-seeking holy book-for-porn program on Monday at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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Obama: $900 Million to Turn Around the 'Dropout Crisis'

By UCN on March 2, 2010 8:45 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

President Obama touted a $900 million school grant program today designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates.

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Tom Joyner Plans Online School to Cater to Historically Black Colleges

By UCN on February 27, 2010 10:13 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Tom Joyner, the radio host for the "Tom Joyner Morning Show," informally announced plans Friday to launch an online university program for students at historically black colleges and universities.

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Why Are Boys Failing in the Classroom?

By UCN on February 27, 2010 9:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The author of Why Boys Fail says females now have an unfair academic advantage in most schools -- and that the pendulum needs to swing back.

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