Educational Theory

Congress Isn’t Getting Dumber, but it Thinks You Are

23 May 2012

COMMENTARY | "Is Congress Getting Dumber?" Those headlines have dominated the news this week, as The Sunlight Foundation found members of Congress have been dumbing down their speeches since 2005. Using a special scale, this group found senators and representatives have been using words with fewer syllables and sentences with fewer words.

Duke Guiding Principles: Learning

23 May 2012

Jameca Dupree's drive to learn opens new doors

Local schools weigh in on new measurement for educational achievement

23 May 2012

MARSHALL - On Tuesday, Minnesota school districts got their first look at a new education accountability system developed by the Minnesota Department of Education as part of a waiver from No Child Left Behind, a decade-old system that a number of...