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Get Smarter With the Best Wikipedia Page Ever

Get Smarter With the Best Wikipedia Page Ever

Finals are upon us, and our heads are about to burst with the compression of useless knowledge.

 

After next week, you will probably never have to recall why Napoleon Bonaparte was deposed or why the Roman Empire collapsed.

 

However, many of the facts contained within this Wikipedia entry, entitled “Common Misconceptions,” will undoubtedly come...

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Harvard Dean Criticizes McCain and Obama for Forgetting About Education

Harvard Dean Criticizes McCain and Obama for Forgetting About Education

In an op-ed published today on CNN, Kathleen McCartney, the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, criticizes John McCain and Barack Obama for neglecting the issue of public education and focusing only on “the war, the economy and escalating energy costs.”

 

While she does not dispute the importance of these issues, McCartney argues t...

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Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

As if Apple wasn’t everywhere already, it may be invading your campus soon.
 

More and more colleges are choosing to hand out iPods and iPhones to incoming students. School officials claim it has to do with integrating technology with education and all that, but there may be an ulterior motive.
 

The New York Times explains:

While schools emph...

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Convicts Guilty of Wanting an Education

Convicts Guilty of Wanting an Education

Just because they were stupid enough to get caught, doesn’t mean prisoners can’t be smart. As part of a series called “CNN Presents: Black in America,” Soledad O’Brien and Stan Wilson visited San Quentin Prison just north of San Francisco, where the death penalty remains but education is alive and kicking.
 

Naturally, what CNN found were 656 in...

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