Active OER: Beyond Open Licensing Policies
Creative Commons Poland’s co-founder, Alek Tarkowski, discusses the need for open education–and how to go even further than distinctions between price-free and lock-free.
Poland Is Pioneering the World’s First National Open Textbook Program
Poland goes open with their education. Melissa Hagemann and Piroska Hugyecz write.
Who’s Regulating For-Profit Schools? Execs From For-Profit Colleges
Many accreditors of for-profit schools come from schools that have been under investigation. Annie Waldman reports.
Open Access 2015: A Year Access Negotiators Edged Closer to the Brink
Hilda Bastian rounds up the story of open access vs greed from 2015. Result: greed still wins, but strides are being made.
Why Are Universities Fighting Open Education?
A tired old argument about software patents is holding up common sense reforms to open up education across the country. Why? Elliot Harmon checks in.
Using Math to Connect to Who We Really Are
Mikala Streeter tries to revive math with a practical basis: figuring out what to do about contemporary issues.
Report Shows How Charter Schools Are in Business of ‘Privatization and Profiteering’
Policy brief finds charters skimming off public funds for private gain, often at expense of public interest
Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges? These Guys
Accreditation agencies are supposed to make sure that colleges are putting students in a position to succeed. That’s not happening at schools overseen by one accreditor in particular. Annie Waldman schools you.
Did Arne Duncan Just Surrender on Standardized Testing?
Days ago, the U.S. Department of Education announced a dramatic policy shift on standardized testing of public school students. But it may be worse than what it replaces. Bernie Horn reports.
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