(The Washington Post) By Natalie Gross– When Nathan Bernard took the PSAT his freshman and sophomore years of high school, he admits, he didn’t take the test seriously. “I don’t think I brought a calculator,” the blond 17-year-old said, laughing, on a recent Sunday afternoon at his home in Alexandria, Va. Back then, Bernard was running […]
Read More »(The Atlantic) By Anna Diamond — On Thursday in South Korea, hundreds of thousands of high-school seniors sat down to take the Suneung, or the College Scholastic Ability Test. As students walked to the exam centers, well-wishers handed out “yut”—a type of taffy and a sign of good luck, so that test-takers would “stick” to the […]
Read More »(The Wall Street Journal) By Georgia Wells — Match Group, the owner of online dating apps such as Tinder and Plenty of Fish, reported a profit of $56.4 million, compared with a profit of $35.3 million a year earlier. Analysts had projected profit of $40 million, according to a survey by FactSet. Dating revenue increased […]
Read More »(Edweek) By Benjamin Herold The K-12 sector is investing heavily in technology as a means of providing students with a more customized educational experience. So far, though, the research evidence behind “personalized learning” remains thin. The U.S. Department of Education has given half a billion dollars to districts that embrace the trend, with limited findings to date. […]
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