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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony and Grammy award winning creator, composer and star of Broadway's smash hit "Hamilton," has revolutionized Broadway with his hip-hop musical about the (previously) underappreciated founding father, Secretary of the Treasury and face of the 10 dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton. He remakes the founding fathers into contemporary [...] from Forbes Education

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Among other things, only 20% of recent law school graduates believe the education is worth the hefty price tag, according to a recent survey. Here's what else they found. from Forbes Education

A glimpse into the difficult lives of two women micro-entrepreneurs in Dubai. from Forbes Education

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Alta Gracia is the anti-sweatshop, the only apparel factory known to pay a “Living Wage” (salario digno) over 300% above the legal minimum wage; maintain excellent health and safety standards; recognize a legitimate labor union and sign a collective bargaining agreement; all verified by the WRC. from Forbes Education

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Alta Gracia is an apparel brand that is named after a factory in the Dominican Republic, which has the best wages and working conditions among garment factories in the Global South. from Forbes Education

Nearly half of the college applicants who used the Common Application this year submitted an essay about their “background, identity, interest, or talent.” Only 4% of applicants using the Common App wanted to dig deep on the question of challenging a belief or idea. The Common App organization announced that it [...] from Forbes Education

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Earlier this month “60 Minutes” profiled St. Benedict’s Prep School, a 148-year-old Catholic high school for boys that’s thriving in the heart of Newark, N.J. I couldn’t help but ask: Why are Democrats against allowing poor boys to attend this great school? President Barack Obama and presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and [...] from Forbes Education

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A college education has been seen as providing a route to success for those from less privileged backgrounds, but new research has blown this aspiration out of the water. from Forbes Education

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Keynote after keynote, article after article, research after research and experts after experts unanimously insist: the education we have no longer corresponds to the education we need. To put it simply, many lessons taught in the classroom don’t correspond to skills for life – be at work or at home. It’s time [...] from Forbes Education

Although new digital credentials are bound to be much less costly than current degree offerings, I wonder whether we’re all destined to gain the educational equivalent of 10 lbs. when new digital credentials inevitably wheedle their way into the Title IV ecosystem and are as readily available as free cookies, pies and cakes. Is radical accessibility the enemy of affordability? from Forbes Education

  Leaders experiment—in ways that have produced game-changing products like the Swiffer mop and Reebok Pump.(PhotosviaAmazon & Sneakernews.com) Warren Bennis, one of the pioneers of contemporary leadership studies, was fond of saying, “The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.” It’s a distinction that should speak volumes to anyone [...] from Forbes Education

Fortune may favor the brave, but when applying to business school it is careful planning and meaningful self-reflection that win the day. With round one deadlines for the world's top MBA programs less than six months away, this is the time to put together a plan for admissions success. You've got [...] from Forbes Education

Frustrated with organizing a great vacation for you and your family? Why not make the planning part a family event? Vacations can provide important money lessons for your children and teach important life skills as well. from Forbes Education

We are primarily unconscious communicators. from Forbes Education

A Diverse Teaching Force? This Search Firm Can Help, But It'll Cost You Meet Stratégenius Consulting — a company that helps schools find candidates from a wide range of backgrounds. Read more on NPR

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Pearson (Mis)Education faces an assault on its operations from major British and American labor union pension funds . They plan to challenge company management at its general stockholders meeting on April 29, 2016 in London. The opposition group holds 40,000 voting shares and includes UNISON, one of Britain's largest trade unions with 1.3 million public service industry members, the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, Trade Union Fund Managers, and 130 individual shareholders. The coalition will enter a resolution at the stockholders meeting calling on Pearson to "end its over-reliance on the education testing programme in the US, which has been affected by a recent change in the law and is also becoming increasingly unpopular." The move has apparently unnerved higher echelons in Pearson (Mis)Education . They felt compelled to respond on the company website, promising to give the resolution "due consideration." Of course, before any "d...

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Forcing up-and-coming leaders to sink or swim in the pool of real experience is a sure-fire method to drown some managers who have real potential. Investing in selected high-potential leaders is crucial. Read why this investment is so important and some steps you can take to upgrade your high-potential leaders. from Forbes Education

Considering how easy it is, cheating in online education is pretty rare Kids cheat on everything, but given the rise of online testing, a new study shows a surprisingly low rate of cheating on Internet-based testing. March 30, 2016 at 10:48AM via Digg http://ift.tt/25utB6i

'The Oregon Trail' Is Educational, But Not In The Way Most People Think Recent studies have found that games like "The Oregon Trail" are not great at teaching kids historical facts, but they may have been learning equally important skills instead. March 30, 2016 at 10:27AM via Digg http://ift.tt/1M09o1W

BY DEBORAH BIAL. - A small percentage of colleges and universities are considered elite institutions of higher education.  Degrees from these particular institutions are golden tickets, giving the recipients special access to the best opportunities in the America. Who gets the opportunity to receive these golden tickets? from Forbes Education

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Richard Vedder discusses the new Best Value Colleges rankings from Forbes. from Forbes Education

In African-American Communities, Growing Interest In Home-Schooling When it comes to teaching their children at home, African-Americans often cite different reasons than white families. Read more on NPR

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In a blow to teachers looking to get out of paying dues to left-leaning unions, the Supreme Court today announced a 4-4 decision in the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The deadlock means a lower court ruling stands for now and Rebecca Friedrichs and nine fellow California teachers [...] from Forbes Education

With Supreme Court Tie, Teachers Unions Dodge A Bullet The 4-4 ruling by the high court means the failure of an effort to overturn requirements that nonunion members contribute to the cost of bargaining. Read more on NPR

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Two Days Inside A Juvie Classroom Lisa Elder teaches delinquent kids about manners, laundry and a good handshake at a juvenile facility in Vermont. Read more on NPR

With a college degree still a near universal aspiration in this country, FORBES looks at the U.S. colleges and universities that provide students with the most value for the dollar. This is our newly reimagined Best Value Colleges ranking, an analysis of the brainiest research universities and leading liberal arts schools, both public and private, that are well worth the investment. from Forbes Education

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Are rich colleges better? Can colleges buy a reputation for high quality? In a word, yes--but within limits. We looked at endowments of 650 universities and related that to reputation, as measured by the 2015-16 Forbes Best College list. As the graph shows, schools that had large endowments typically ranked [...] from Forbes Education

College is an investment, so which schools make sure you get a return? With college costs and student-debt levels reaching an all-time high, it's important--we'd argue necessary--to think about which schools produce the highest earning alumni. For some this is a practical matter, with big earnings as a path to [...] from Forbes Education

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1. University of California, Berkeley, CA 2. Brigham Young University, UT 3. University of Florida, FL 4. University of California, Los Angeles, CA 5. University of California, San Diego, CA 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 7. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 8. Georgia Institute of Technology, GA 9. Harvard University, MA 10. University of California, Irvine, CA 11. California [...] from Forbes Education

Do a nursing programsfall under the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) umbrella? Or are nursing and similar fields kind of their own thing? from Forbes Education

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Over 50 institutions on this year's ranking of Best Value Colleges are public schools. from Forbes Education

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