School’s Cool

If we are to revive American schools, we must stop dwelling on despair and celebrate the power of learning, a new book argues.

By Eve Ewing

The October 26 issue of Newsweek featured a cover story on the "three-year solution," the belief of Robert Zemsky, a University of Pennsylvania professor, that the nation's universities should shorten their undergraduate degree programs from four years to three. In a video on Newsweek's website, Zemsky [RETURN TO ARTICLE]