| Minnesota Colleges Ordered to Turn Over Syllabi for Teaching Programs |
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must provide copies of course syllabi requested by a Washington-based education group under the state's open-records law, a Minnesota district judge ruled on Wednesday.
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| Massive Open Online Courses Are Multiplying at a Rapid Pace |
Massive open online courses are the educational happening of the moment. Everyone wants in. No one is quite sure what they’re getting into.
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| Restructuring costs ding McGraw-Hill 3Q net |
The McGraw-Hill Cos., the publishing conglomerate that owns the Standard & Poor's corporate credit rating firm, said Friday its third-quarter net income fell 14 percent, pulled down by costs related to the planned spinoff of its education division and cost-cutting efforts.
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| Arthur R. Jensen, Who Set Off Debate on I.Q., Dies |
Mr. Jensen was an educational psychologist whose 1969 article suggested that the gap in intelligence-test scores between black and white students might be rooted in genetic differences.
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| Correction: Charter School Audit story |
In an Oct. 24 story about a U.S. Department of education audit of the division overseeing charter schools, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the audit was conducted by San Francisco-based research firm WestEd. It was conducted by the department's Office of Inspector General based on information gathered by WestEd.
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| George Lucas donating Disney billions to charity |
 By the end of the year, the $4.05 billion sale of Lucasfilm to Disney should be finalized. George Lucas plans to quickly put the bulk of the money into a foundation which will primarily focus on educational issues, a spokesperson for Lucasfilm tells THR.
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| Check Out 6 Scholarships for Gamers |
Times have changed in the last 20 years for students who love video games. In 1994, the classic college comedy film PCU joked about the absurdity of being able to "major in Gameboy;" now, less than two decades later, gaming can mean real money for your college education.
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| George Lucas Plans to Donate Portion of Disney Sale Proceeds to Education |
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - George Lucas plans to put a sizable portion of his windfall from the $4 billion sale of his Lucasfilm to Disney into a foundation supporting education, Lucasfilm said in a statement Wednesday. Lucas is currently the chairman of Edutopia, part of the George Lucas educational Foundation. Lucas could put money into the foundation or create a new foundation funded from the sale. In 2006, the George Lucas educational Foundation donated $175 million to the filmmaker's alma mater USC. ...
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| New iPhone apps worth downloading: Yelp update, Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere's Ride, Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 |
Today's leading new app is a big update to Yelp that lets you delve even deeper into restaurants and other establishments before you check them out in person. Up next, we have Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere's Ride, an interactive educational app that teaches kids about the American Revolution. Finally, get some old-school role-playing action, dosed with plenty of humor, from Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3.
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| Medical Schools Need To Provide More Education On Obesity |
Although there is an increasing number of people struggling with obesity, there are only a few medical schools in the United States providing sufficient, beneficial instructions on how to address weight problems in obese patients. The finding came from a team of experts at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and was published in the journal Teaching and Learning in Medicine...
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