Save Money on Your Textbooks by Not Buying Them

You really want to know the best way to save money on textbooks? The answer isn’t buying them used, or buying them on Amazon or eBay, or trading your buddy a package of Ramen noodles for the Chem. text from the course he failed last semester. The best way to save money on textbooks is not buying them at all. OK, I might be exaggerating a little... [Read more]

Use Continuous Self-Testing to Remember Information

Quizzing yourself is really a great study tool. But when you’re cramming, there’s not a whole lot of time to write up your own flash cards is there? I suggest you use what I call “continuous self testing” to memorize stuff the first time around. Immediately after you read a key piece of information; say a definition or description... [Read more]

How to Cram for a Test

Cramming isn’t such a bad thing; if you do it right. Of course the best option is the traditional one: study frequently, read the chapters of your textbook every week like you’re supposed to, and take copious amounts of notes. But comon, we’re in college right? Who has time for studying that often when there’s beer pong to be... [Read more]

Prepare for Finals Early

Did you know every year, there is a disaster that hits college students twice a year in May and December? Without warning it sweeps in, disrupting lives of thousands of people. Some people don’t make it, and the people who do survive would rather forget the whole experience and look to the future. Sound familiar? No, I’m not talking about tsunamis... [Read more]

Where Does Your Instructor Get Their Test Questions?

I’ve had professors who gave very organized lectures every day. I diligently took notes over every lecture, only to find on that fateful test day that nothing they talked about was on the test! If you’ve had this happen, you know how frustrating it can be. After getting burned a couple of times, I learned there was a difference between... [Read more]

Utah teens arrested in alleged school bombing plot (AP)

AP – A Utah high school student bragged to police that he was smarter than the Columbine killers and was plotting with an older student to set off a bomb during a school assembly and escape in a stolen plane, court documents say. More:  Utah teens arrested in alleged school bombing plot (AP)  Read More →

Dem NC governor faced tough re-election fight (AP)

AP – Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she will not seek re-election because she fears a fight with Republicans over public education would become too political. But she entered the election year with some baggage: a campaign finance investigation, sagging poll numbers and worries from fellow Democrats she would drag them down in a key battleground... [Read more of this review]

Under education reform, school principals swamped by teacher evaluations (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – Sharon McNary believes in having tough teacher evaluations. View original here: Under education reform, school principals swamped by teacher evaluations (The Christian Science Monitor)  Read More →

New Illinois Law Requires More Transparency of School Performance (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday changes the amount of information given to parents on how schools rank in terms graduation rates, standardized test scores, teacher performance and more. These more detailed so-called “report cards” will be available... [Read more of this review]

Ala. university suspect wants report kept secret (AP)

AP – A lawyer for an Alabama professor who could be executed for allegedly killing three colleagues asked a judge Wednesday to keep a report into the 1986 killing of her brother secret, arguing it could prejudice a jury against her. Read more here: Ala. university suspect wants report kept secret (AP)  Read More →

School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains (AP)

AP – Schoolchildren’s favorite lunch — the ubiquitous frozen pizza — is about to get healthier. View post: School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains (AP)  Read More →

Pressure remains for higher education: Moody’s (Reuters)

Reuters – The financial conditions of many U.S. colleges and universities will likely not improve much this year, as states continue cutting funding for public schools, students become more price sensitive, and areas for other revenue remain stretched, a lead rating agency said on Monday. Here is the original: Pressure remains for higher education:... [Read more of this review]

State higher education spending sees big decline (AP)

AP – State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday. Go here to see the original: State higher education spending sees big decline (AP)  Read More →

Abducted Colorado girl, 9, escapes captor by calling police (Reuters)

Reuters – A 9-year-old Colorado girl abducted while walking home from school on Thursday managed to escape her kidnapper after a harrowing 18-hour ordeal by calling police from a convenience store, police said on Saturday. More:  Abducted Colorado girl, 9, escapes captor by calling police (Reuters)  Read More →

Are Arizona Schools Racist? (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Arizona education officials are being accused of racism for cutting courses and banning textbooks from the Mexican-American Studies program, according to Yahoo! Shine. If the class truly supported ethnic diversity by teaching unbiased material about another culture, the courses should be reinstated. But if the... [Read more of this review]