March 6, 2014 Plans for New SAT Spark Mixed Reviews By Eric Hoover The first glimpse of the brand-new product arrived with a slew of promises. It would "open doors of opportunity" and "transform possibilities for everyone and anyone." Close your eyes, and this might...
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La discusión sobre el ranking de Obama
Rating (and Berating) the Ratings Doug Lederman, Michael Stratford and Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher ED, February 7, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday released hundreds of pages of formal comments on its proposed college rating system,...
Percepciones sobre educación superior en EEUU
Politician-Public Divide Inside Higher ED, February 10, 2014 By Doug Lederman CORONADO, Calif. -- Everywhere you look, politicians are asserting that the public and taxpayers are questioning the value of higher education – and that their disappointment stems primarily...
Usher sobre rankings (estúpidos)
Posted on February 6, 2014 by Alex Usher You may have noted the gradual proliferation of rankings at the Times Higher Education over the last few years. First theWorld University Rankings, then the World Reputation Rankings (a recycling of reputation survey data from...
Cambios en administración y salarios universitarios
February 5, 2014 Administrator Hiring Drove 28% Boom in Higher-Ed Work Force, Report Says By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education Thirty-four pages of research, branded with a staid title and rife with complicated graphs, might not seem like a...
¿Mejores profesores en colegios más difíciles?
Research and analysis to inform education policy and promote democratic deliberation Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Transfer Incentives Produce Disappointing Results, Review Finds NEPC examines recent research on whether...
Nuevas definiciones de acreditación
January 27, 2014 It's Time for a New Definition of Accreditation Mark Shaver for The Chronicle Enlarge Image By Milton Greenberg, The Chronicle of Higher Education The impending review and renewal of the Higher Education Act will be a defining moment in the tumultuous...
MOOCs como objeto de estudio
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2014 by Jennifer Howard Completion Rates Aren’t the Best Way to Judge MOOCs, Researchers Say When it comes to measuring the success of an education program, the bottom line is often the completion rate. How...
Abriendo la “caja negra”: las diferencias de organización entre las escuelas chárter y las escuelas públicas tradicionales
Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas acaba de publicar su último artículo: Wei, X., Patel, D., & Young, V. (2014). Abriendo la “caja negra”: las diferencias de organización entre las escuelas chárter y las escuelas públicas tradicionales.Archivos Analíticos...
MOOCs: Un curso (de acción) para (meta) interesados
When Meta-MOOC Meets Wiki: Transforming Higher Education January 23, 2014 by Cathy Davidson Since May, I’ve been working just about nonstop on an intellectual and pedagogical extravaganza that I refer to as “Meta-MOOC.” It is “meta” in the sense that one part of this...
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Nuevo estudio de Gregory Elacqua: rotación docente e incentivos monetarios
Teacher turnover is a major challenge for schools globally, particularly affecting disadvantaged students in urban...
La mesa técnica creada para el Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE)
Los nudos expuestos durante la mesa técnica creada para mejorar el Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE) Durante esta...
Política de acuerdos y sus múltiples consecuencias
Política de acuerdos y sus múltiples consecuencias La oposición constructiva de derechas logra llevar adelante una...
Crisis de salud mental en universidades británicas
Support from academics ‘can make student mental health worse’ Attempts by well-meaning scholars to help services...