A Swedish firm has worked out how to make money running free schools: BIG-STATE, social-democratic Sweden seems an odd place to look for a free-market revolution. Yet that is what is under way in the country’s schools. Reforms that came into force in 1994 allow pretty much anyone who satisfies basic standards to open a new school and take in children at the state’s expense. [Economist]
Study Finds Little Benefit in New SAT: The revamped SAT, expanded three years ago to include a writing test, predicts college success no better than the old test, and not quite as well as a student’s high school grades, according to studies released Tuesday by the College Board, which owns the test. [NYT]
Now students take field trips online: When seventh graders in Stockton took a field trip this week to see elephant seals, they didn’t even step outside their school. Instead, with the help of a projector and a video camera, the students teleconferenced with a state park guide on the California coast. [CSM]
A bid to boost ranks of minorities with PhDs: In its 14 years, The PhD Project has helped to triple minority presence on business school faculties. [CSM]
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