Educational fads always come with a shelf life; the implacable resistance of reality eventually makes them expire. Usually, the promised educational miracle has done more harm than good
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 1:57 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A new state requirement brought more than 40 physical education teachers to East Carolina University recently for a daylong workshop.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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While crafting the state budget last year, the North Carolina General Assembly applied the latest empirical research to the question of how best to improve teacher quality. In response, lawmakers have been roundly excoriated by the usual suspects — which only served to demonstrate that the...
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 11:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Students may think that arriving at East Carolina University means escaping from parents and constant reminders to "Do your homework!" However, those out-of-class exercises could affect college students' academic success - at least if they're studying economics.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
By: ECU News Services
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