Schools And Tech

SaTP19.mp3 Listen on Posterous It's back to school time! News of the Week: 1) And just like that it’s gone? Google Wave development discontinued  TAT2) Civil War History Class as iPad app  TAT3) Putting Our Brains on Hold - NYT op ed by BOB HERBERTAccording to a new report from the College Board, the U.S. is 12th among developed nations in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with college degrees. The report said, “As America’s aging and highly educated work force moves into retirement, the nation will rely on young Americans to increase our standing in the world.”        The problem is that today’s young Americans are not coming close to acquiring the education and training needed to carry out that mission. They’re not even in the ballpark. In that key group, 25- to 34-year-olds with a college degree, the U.S. ranks behind Canada, South Korea, Russia, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Norway, Israel, France, Belgium