By Michael Cohn Four in five Americans believe the average level of student loan debt is too high to justify going to college, according to a new survey. The survey, by Country Financial, found Americans growing increasingly wary of student loan debts and the value of college as a financial investment. Eighty-one percent of the … Continue reading
By STEPHANIE BANCHERO Only a third of American fourth-graders could determine distance on a map, and less than half of eighth-graders knew that Islam originated in what is now Saudi Arabia, according to national geography-test scores released Tuesday. Sample Geography Questions Grade Four: The most common use of land in the Great Plains region of … Continue reading
By Clive Thompson Matthew Carpenter, age 10, has completed 642 inverse trigonometry problems at KhanAcademy.org. Photo: Joe Pugliese “This,” says Matthew Carpenter, “is my favorite exercise.” I peer over his shoulder at his laptop screen to see the math problem the fifth grader is pondering. It’s an inverse trigonometric function: cos-1(1) = ? Carpenter, a … Continue reading
Showing high school football games on Texas‘ channel will cause all kinds of problems By Jenni Carlson The Longhorn Network has yet to broadcast one second of programming, but it continues to create controversy. The latest scuttlebutt involves itshopes of broadcasting high school football games. According to the head of the network, itwants to broadcast … Continue reading
By Chuck CarltonAUSTIN, Texas — The Longhorn Network continues to generate big headlines before hitting the airwaves. Opponents’ views of Texas’ new cable network venture with ESPN have quickly escalated from concern to apprehension to resentment. Texas A&M’s board of regents will be discussing the Longhorn Network in executive session Thursday. Unconfirmed rumors suggested A&M … Continue reading
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