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As schools incentivize innovative research, quality in-class experiences can fall by the wayside.
Michaela Rehle / Reuters A Better Way to Teach History
One professor is borrowing a method from Harvard Business School to engage students and inspire better decision-making skills.
Asmati Chibalashvili / wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock/Library of Congress / Kara Gordon / The Atlantic The Never-Ending Controversy Over All-Girls Education
It's extremely tricky to prove scientifically whether or not single-sex schooling is effective.
Sony Pictures Classics Finnish Education Chief: 'We Created a School System Based on Equality'
An interview with the country's minister of education, Krista Kiuru
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Apprenticeship programs have the potential to help young men get better jobs and develop relationship abilities.
Jason Cohn/Reuters The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
Ellen / Flickr Giving 101: The Princeton Class That Teaches Students to Be Less Selfish
Peter Singer's practical ethics course forces students to think carefully about donating to charity.
AP Photo / Aaron Favila Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy?
The professor who teaches Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory claims, "This course will change your life."
Eduardo Pelosi/Flickr Keeping Kids From Toy Guns: How One Mother Changed Her Mind
Is violent play bad? I used to think so. Then I spent some time outside of the United States.
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