New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has good advice on how to get the most out of college. Hanging with people from the same background may be comforting, writes Bruni. But it’s a “wasted opportunity” to learn how to be comfortable with diversity of ideas  and people. Credit: Ben Wiseman/New York Times That includes talking with professors. Bruni asked Mitchell scholars to rank the importance of college “coursework, travel abroad, internships, relationships with classmates,

Personalized training for teachers is effective, write Matthew A. Kraft and David Blazar in Education Next, but taking coaching to scale poses challenges. Traditional forms of professional development — daylong seminars delivering “the same tips and tricks to an entire department, grade level, or school” — have “little or no effect on teacher quality,” they write. One-on-one instructional coaching, based on classroom observations, does make a difference, they conclude, after