Online study guide Shmoop has improved its offering for high-school students. But it also has made it easier for those students to skip schoolwork on so many topics. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is ...

America's public education system is a mess. The U.S. is by far the richest country in the world, but our education system ranks a pathetic 17th among developed countries. American students, meanwhile ...

Shmoop, an extensive collection of online materials that aims to draw modern, relevant connections to challenging academic content, and Scitable, the open-access science library from the Nature ...

Shmoop isn't crowdsourced -- the company and its authors own the content; it's not edited by its user community -- but the site is still going through a beta phase, with all the requests and ...

Every year, legions of K–12 students read through Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets in their English and language arts classes, but do they really understand what they’re reading? One website aims to ...

Digital publisher Shmoop has received approval from the College Board for some of its online Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Courses winning approval include AP English Language and Composition, AP ...

Reading a modern English version of Shakespeare just isn't the same. But, uh, not understanding what on earth he's saying? Not so great either. Shmoop's Shakespeare in Modern English gives students ...

The White House recently took aim at the lack of computer science education in the U.S., with a proposal to spend $4 billion to turn up the volume. Digital publisher Shmoop has launched a suite of ...

Shmoop's movie guides, written by film scholars and Hollywood insiders, dig deep into each film to explore everything from character development to production design. Whether you want to read up on ...

Shmoop was a finalist for the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest in partnership with BBVA. Shmoop was a finalist for the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest in partnership with BBVA. For more ...