Tamar Lewin

New York Times

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Higher education reporter for the New York Times

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Two years ago at Stanford, a Massive Open Online Course attracted 160,000 students. MOOC's looked like  the future of higher educatio n.

Online Learning: Past, Present and Future

Two years ago at Stanford, a Massive Open Online Course attracted 160,000 students. MOOC's looked like the future of higher educatio n.

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George W. Bush praised Julie Aigner-Clark for creating  Baby Einstein , the supposedly "educational" DVD's for children aged zero to 2.

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