Articles by Deborah Lambert

Is Twitter the future of education? If you’re Cole W. Camplese, director of education-technology services at Penn State, University Park, you might be in the “yes” column.

Charlotte Allen reminded readers on mindingthecampus.com that when you hear the words “for the 21st century” in conjunction with an educational topic, “you know it’s time to run for cover.”

Michelle Rhee, the highly praised/beleaguered Chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public school system, is facing another hurdle.

It might pay to check the roster of financial failures and match them up with their alma maters.

The name that keeps coming up over and over is—Harvard.

A group of second and third graders in Kitsap County, Washington recently spent several hours outside at a local park and recreation area, counting piles of dog waste as part of their science curriculum.

In Germany it appears that all work and no play still makes Hans a dull boy. That’s why German IT engineering students at the U. of Potsdam are leaving nothing to chance. Over 400 of them have signed up for a two-week course on the art of flirting.

Say it isn’t so. Are a couple of teenage girls about to be kicked out of school for being “too blond?”

If students’ heads are being filled with mush these days, there’s a reason. In fact, there are many.

While today’s teaching methods have certainly not improved students’ standardized test scores, tomorrow’s students may shock and surprise everyone with their knowledge about the politics of obesity.

Apparently President Obama’s success may not only raise human spirits but students’ grade point averages as well.

How you can tell if the country is still in a recession? Here are some clues.

When word surfaced at the U. of Chicago that a new institute would be named in honor of Dr. Milton Friedman, it sparked some controversial opinions.