Data mining the heartSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 12:52AMHow do we choose a mate? What scientists are learning from online dating. A flood of new information is starting to yield the answers. Data mining - Data - Database - Projects and Research - Tool Vendors
College offers wide selection of second-start classesFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:51PMAlthough the traditional 16-week fall semester at Lone Star College-Kingwood began Aug. 30, the college offers a variety of second-start classes with start dates beginning the week of Sept. 13.
Despite Scrutiny of For-Profits, Crucial Questions Are UnansweredFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:17AMJames Warren is a columnist for the Chicago News Cooperative.
Despite Scrutiny of For-Profits, Crucial Questions Are UnansweredThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:14PMA recent Chicago forum on for-profit colleges made pertinent points about the state of American eduction but ignored some important issues.
Book Review: Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our MoneyThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:43PMAuthors Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus look at where students can get value for their money—and how too many schools charge too much and deliver too little
Bill Gates' favorite teacherThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:41AMSal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague at his small think tank, bgC3, e-mailed him about the nonprofit khanacademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates replied within minutes. "This guy is ...
New superintendent takes the reins at the Pacifica School DistrictThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:05AMNew superintendent takes the reins at the Pacifica School District
School NotesThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:19AMCENTRAL WILMETTE
THE BIG ONEWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:08PMImagine the following: It's a beautiful Labor Day weekend. Sunny, cloudless, 80 degrees. Backyard barbecues are fired up all over the metropolitan area, and the beaches of New York City, New Jersey and southern Long Island are jam-packed with bathers.