A data analysis error has led to large revisions in the Texas non-profit advocacy group Children at Risk’s annual rankings of schools. The Houston Chronicle reported on May 19 that a miscalculation in the organization’s “growth index” rating led to the errors in the final rankings. The growth index measuresRead More

Eleven schools in the Houston Independent School District were ranked in U.S. News and World Reports prestigious list of Best High Schools in the United States.  The rankings include more than 4,700 of the top high schools in the country. Carnegie Vanguard, the district’s flagship high school for gifted andRead More

The Economist has released its annual rankings of international MBA programs. Leading the way once again is Chicago’s Booth School of Business, followed by Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, Virginia, and the University of Navarra in Spain. Compiling data through career placement, salary increase, and subjective measurements such as student satisfaction andRead More