Anya Kamenetz

Pay Attention in Class

Jeff Selingo | Posted 01.11.2012

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Jeff Selingo

If students think of themselves as customers, they often view the professor at the front of the room as a performer. And just like when they go to a concert or a movie, students expect to be engaged, persuaded, or even entertained.

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How Open Educational Resources are Changing Higher Education

Shai Reshef | Posted 10.14.2011

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Shai Reshef

Removing money from the equation, we will see in a very short time what universal affordable education will achieve in changing, brightening and modifying the world we live in.

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The Gift of Money

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Claire Gordon

With the Internet reducing search, transaction and distribution costs to near nil, savvy start-ups have been able to thwart the capitalist order and make use-value the sole value of a good once again.

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Arianna On Game Changers Anya Kamenetz, Jill Biden, Ted Olson & David Boies (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Huffington Post salutes its 2010 Game Changers -- 100 innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the worl...

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Einztein and the Destabilization of the Edu-Content Industry

Chrissie Brodigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chrissie Brodigan

There's a battle brewing to circumvent the bureaucracy of universities and the classroom execution of the traditional professoriate.

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"The Great Expectations School" Paperback Gets AFT President Randi Weingarten's Endorsement

Dan Brown | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dan Brown

Classrooms are ready-made for great stories. Comprised of twenty-some children and one adult, bound by a common mission, they are intersections of you...

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