In this NY Times Op-Ed piece, Thomas Friedman recaps and comments on the results of a recent McKinsey report on education “The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America’s Schools.”

The Austrian Times reports that Austrian education spending is one of the highest in Europe, with a student teacher ratio of 10.5:1.   Austrian spending on higher education increased dramatically since  1995 as […]

100 business and education leaders convened on April 27-29, at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship’s 2009 International Conference and received a keynote from Harvard’s Tony Wagner’s wrong with […]

The European Commission released the results of a new Europe-wide survey among students indicating that they want wider access to higher education and that universities should open up cooperation with the world of […]

In Web Age, Library Job GetUpdate. This New York Times article highlights school librarian Stephanie Rosalia as an example of librarian who have transformed that role into multi-faceted information specialists […]