If we want to know what voters are really thinking about the issues facing the presidential candidates, ask the kids. They always tell it like it is.

Check out this new website where kids can learn how to interview community members about election issues and post them to...

August is an important month for educators. It's Connected Educators Month right now.

What does that mean? It means that you as an educator or interested parent can connect online to many keynotes and panels by well known educators who can give you tips on using technology effectively...

Open Education just got a big boost with the announcement of the winners of the "Why Open Education Matters?" competition the week of July 18. Here are three amazing videos to tell you WHY it matters:

First Prize -
Congratulations to Blinktower, an extremely talented creative...

Are you usually in a hurry? Want to find information quickly on your phone or computer?

Most people want to find information quickly, but in general most people have really poor search skills. If you knew a few tips you could get that information quickly.

Starting Tuesday there...

Many of you know that TEDx conferences are held to promote ideas worth spreading. They are an offshoot of the original TED conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design ) held yearly in Long Beach, California.

Perhaps you didn't know that today the first ever TEDxStanford...

One very useful tool for all educators is the Open Courseware Consortium search engine that allows users to search for Open Education Resources (OER) at the university level easily.

If you are a K-12 educator or parent, here is a very useful search engine for

Want to participate in the most exciting part of the education revolution?

You can this week as universities, schools, educators and students around the world are celebrating Open Education Week

We all hear about it but most people don't know much more about it than the name....

Want to know how we can improve our schools using technology? Want to know how your son/daughter's education can be more effective? Today is the day to watch Digital Learning Day. It is happening all day.

You can see teachers and students talking about what works in the...

Here is a Christmas-Hannukah gift you can give yourself, a loved one, a friend, or the world---A university education online for free. Is this some kind of trick?

Nope, it isn't a trick. It is a new university called University of the People (appropriately named) but the degrees...

For 16 years Learning Matters with John Merrow has been showing the nation what's really happening in public education at all levels. Learning Matters has been producing education reports for PBS NewsHour as well as producing independent documentaries about what is happening in our schools.

In 2011...

One of the best ways to see what is happening in education is with documentaries and videos and one of the best creators of these documentaries is outstanding education reporter John Merrow on Learning Matters.

For the past 16 years Learning Matters with John Merrow has...

It was a night to remember. Imagine going to the White House for a holiday party. Yes, the White House... a place I have seen in photos since I was a small child. It was last night, Dec. 2, and the first of many such parties the White House is...

We are a country who says the glass is half empty instead of half full. We need to change our perspective, at least on Thanksgiving.

While the country is suffering the worst economic recession in decades, we all have reasons to be thankful. One important reason is that we are...

How is technology going to change the classroom? That was the number one question being discussed at the New York Times Schools for Tomorrow Conference held yesterday, September 22 in the Times Center.

Four hundred invited attendees including distinguished policy makers, entrepreneurs, and educators came up with a variety of...

We all just celebrated our nation's 235th birthday last week. Part of our great American heritage is the right to a free education. It is part of the American dream; come to America with nothing; get an education; get a job and lead a free and good life. We invite...

In anticipation of the celebration of Father's Day, here is an optimistic and funny view of the benefits of midlife fatherhood by Palo Alto writer Len Filppu. It is for all the men (and the women who love them) who wonder what it might be like to be a mid-life...

Reading levels.

We've heard of them, but most people have no idea what it really means. They only know that some texts are harder to understand than others.

Now Google has come up with something revolutionary that will help all of us, but especially teachers.

Google searches now allow users...

Congress and our policy makers have their priorities wrong.

Nothing new, but now the impact is even greater because it hits everyone where it really hurts -- our teachers -- again. It isn't as though policy makers are ignorant that the key to better education is the teacher. Having...

Something super exciting and revolutionary for educators worldwide is happening next week, November 15-19. It is an easy-to-attend conference promoting global education which is critical to achieving peace and understanding in the world today, an important issue for all educators.

It is a first of its kind and...

As we all know, U.S. students score pretty low on international math tests -- 24th out of 29 industrialized countries. What can we do to get kids really excited about math? One thing is to make it relevant to the world today. How about learning to...