Monday, May 24, 2010

Education - Everything you need to know about the world of education.

Education- Everything you need to know about the world of education.

D.C. students wide-eyed at Gettysburg


Military historian Gropman leads field trip for Amidon-Bowen students.
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Why transparency in college admissions is bad

Impose transparency on the holistic system used by selective colleges--a subjective judgment based on several factors--and the result is no less maddening. The admissions office would have to issue statements like "the candidate's extracurricular involvements were not as intense and her teacher recommendations not as impressive as those of candidates we accepted."

During a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield, military historian Alan Gropman shares stories behind the Gettysburg Address, shown on a display, with Amidon-Bowen Elementary School students. (Emily Langer-TWP)