Why Poor Schools Can’t Win at Standardized Testing

The companies that create the most important state and national exams also publish textbooks that contain many of the answers. Unfortunately, low-income school districts can’t afford to buy them. …

Looking at Type in Moon

A fun article about the very retro, but very futuristic, typography treatments in the 2009-movie Moon. Great breakdown of the type itself and how it fits into the sci-fi genre as a whole. …

So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class . . .

It’s easy to point fingers at the current state of education in America, but it is a lot harder to actually do something about it. Fortunately, one of the world’s richest men wants to modernize history classes for the better. …