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1. Why do you want to go to grad school? A. It’s necessary for my professional development. B. I got an email from FAFSA by accident. 2. Do you kn...

There’s a reason the New York Times calls them “The Minecraft Generation.” Today’s kids and teens have been raised on the game, cutting their teeth on survival mode and moving on to creating complex, multiplayer worlds within Minecraft. But Minecraft’s vast community (112 million people log on per month!) are doing more than playing a game. They are occupied in a deeply engaging educational experience that encourages problem solving, creativity, planning and execution—and can even teach older kids coding and electrical engineering.

Rita McGrath

More U.S. business schools are shutting down traditional master’s in business administration degrees and shifting resources to online M.B.A. and part-time degree programs.

Operation Varsity Blues is a big, juicy, enthralling scandal. I just can’t stop reading about it.

Adam Grant

Looking back, adults who took time off before or during college say they have no regrets.

Today’s young children are working more, but they’re learning less.

John Cassidy on “Will College Pay Off?,” by Peter Cappelli, and the dwindling economic returns of a higher education.

Here is a new post from pediatric occupational therapist Angela Hanscom, author of a number of popular posts on this blog, including “Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today,” as well as “The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class” and “How schools ruined […]

The fast-track to coolness may be a dangerous road.

What truly makes an education valuable: the effort the student puts into it.

The TV show has delivered lasting educational benefits to millions of children, researchers said.

I will learn how to keep digging away to find more support for the greater glory of improving adolescent sleep.