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Ginger Software Maps One Trillion English Sentences Online To Personalize Language Learning

Kevin Ducoff | Posted 05.24.2013 | Technology
Kevin Ducoff

The natural language software analyzes a user's mistakes in context, identifies them and presents the learner with short lessons to help them fix their recurring mistakes.

Putting the 'Fair' Back Into Play

Irina Bokova | Posted 05.23.2013 | Sports
Irina Bokova

UNESCO offers a platform for collaboration and the sharing of good practices, to highlight the stakes involved and turn words into action.

It's Your Digital Footprint: Use It!

Vala Afshar | Posted 05.23.2013 | Technology
Vala Afshar

In my blog, "Are Your Ill-Informed Policies Widening The Digital Divide?", I encouraged CIOs to enable online social networking in schools as a way to...

A Case for Cultural Change

Ricardo B. Salinas | Posted 05.23.2013 | Latino Voices
Ricardo B. Salinas

Without a willingness to face uncertainty, it is difficult to create well-capitalized companies. This apparently contradicts the view that we are a country of entrepreneurs. We are a creative people, but we are not willing to risk what we have in order to achieve goals.

Scott Walker's Austerity Plan: Turning Wisconsin Into the New Greece

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
Lee A. Saunders

Scott Walker and his tea party cohorts bought the snake oil of austerity. They forced the Badger State to drink it. And Wisconsin's families are suffering because the governor ignored the evidence that it is a toxic brew.

Helping Kids Cope with the Oklahoma Tornado and other Traumas: 7 Techniques

Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. | Posted 05.23.2013 | Parents
Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D.

When kids learn with and from each other, they can come up with constructive actions to make healing and rebuilding widespread and long-lasting.

Apathetic? Millennials Are Anything But, When It Comes to Creating Change

Alexander Donovan | Posted 05.23.2013 | Impact
Alexander Donovan

Millennials often get a bad rap. As Chelsea Clinton points out in her recent TIME piece, people tend to see us as apathetic and impatient. The universities and college students I work with every day show me that this just isn't true -- well, at least the first part.

Rediscovering What Education Is All About

Katherine Damkohler | Posted 05.23.2013 | New York
Katherine Damkohler

It's been said that Jean-Jacques Rosseau "discovered" the child, as far as something to study. Perhaps it is time for us to rediscover the child, and make sure the student is always the focus of our efforts in education reform.

The Creativity and Commerce Conundrum

John M. Eger | Posted 05.23.2013 | Business
John M. Eger

Business in America knows well that we have entered the Age of Innovation. This became evident to attendees putting together a California "Blueprint ...

Guatemala and the Case for Education About Genocide

Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland | Posted 05.22.2013 | World
Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland

While there is widespread consensus that education about the Holocaust and genocide should be included in school curricula, there is stunningly little research on the purpose of such education and how to teach it.

An EIR on Campus

Tim Devane | Posted 05.22.2013 | College
Tim Devane

We've been thrilled by the response from students and companies alike and hope that the program blossoms in coming years.

Embracing Ambiguity in the Poetry Classroom

Jennifer Platow | Posted 05.22.2013 | Books
Jennifer Platow

Like many teachers, I pitch poetry around my classroom precariously, like it's an egg toss at a child's birthday party. I don't want to drop it, turn it, or spend too long holding on to it.

No Need to Wait: Educate

EF Education First | Posted 05.23.2013 | Green
EF Education First

By: Talia Schmitt, Student at Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School in Fairfax, VA Did you know that most children today can name up to 200 brand logos,...

Common Core: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Alan Singer | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Alan Singer

Common Core standard needs to be separated from the push by publishers to sell for material, the high-stakes testing of children, and from the evaluation of teachers.

It's Time to Go Beyond the Credit Hour

Impatient Optimists | Posted 05.22.2013 | College
Impatient Optimists

At a time when students and families are seeking value in higher education, programs cost too much and too often fail to deliver on their promise of a...

On the Forefront of Disciplinary Reform

Michael Jascz | Posted 05.22.2013 | Impact
Michael Jascz

Any teacher who thinks for a moment that a disruptive student was born that way simply has not done their homework.

Millennials Are the New Pioneers

Patrick Dowd | Posted 05.22.2013 | Impact
Patrick Dowd

Millennials -- in addition to being self-centered and technologically savvy -- are leading with purpose, getting in shape, caring for others, exploring new frontiers, and building the foundations for a better tomorrow.

Developing an Appetite for Risk

Christine Nasserghodsi | Posted 05.22.2013 | Impact
Christine Nasserghodsi

Schools around the globe are beginning to look critically at the role of entrepreneurship in their curriculum. Along the way, students are exposed to the notion that risk-taking is good.

Creativity: Making a Living With Your Ideas

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.21.2013 | Business
B. Jeffrey Madoff

Although I make my living as a film maker, I teach a class I developed about entrepreneurship called "Creativity: Making a Living With Your Ideas" at Parsons School for Design in New York City. I was recently interviewed about building and sustaining a creative career by Doug Smith.

From Costa Rica to Massachusetts, Changing Our Habits to Help the Environment

EF Education First | Posted 05.23.2013 | Green
EF Education First

By Emily Mitchell, Student at The Bromfield School, Harvard, Mass. In April, thirty students from The Bromfield School in Harvard, Mass. donned their...

Can Consumerization Save Education?

Ashish Rangnekar | Posted 05.21.2013 | College
Ashish Rangnekar

In five years, higher Ed will look much different than it does today with a complete revamp of "fundamental norms." Students will be able to choose their own sources of content, effectively doing away with prescribed textbooks.

Thinking of Tapping That 401(k) for a Loan to Pay Tuition? Think Twice!

Catherine Golladay | Posted 05.21.2013 | Fifty
Catherine Golladay

While borrowing from your 401(k) may seem like a quick cash fix, it's almost never a good idea. Here's why.

Illinois House Should Pass Fair Pension Bill, SB 2404

Michael T. Carrigan | Posted 05.21.2013 | Chicago
Michael T. Carrigan

On a range of issues, our state faces tough problems that can only be solved by stakeholders and elected officials working together. The new pension reform legislation, Senate Bill 2404, shows the way.

The New Bill of Rights For All Students

Brandon Busteed | Posted 05.21.2013 | Impact
Brandon Busteed

This should be the new bill of rights for all students -- and frankly, all people -- worldwide.

Is Your Child the Next Great Chef?

Marcus Samuelsson | Posted 05.21.2013 | Taste
Marcus Samuelsson

Children want to mimic adults. They notice when you choose to prepare fresh vegetables over calling in another pizza pie for dinner. They will see that food made with love and care outweighs going through the drive-through window.