Innovation is critical to industries that are on the verge of becoming dinosaurs. Intellectually, I would think books would be a cheaper source of entertainment in a time of recession.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.07.2009 | Technology
Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy in education have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas. I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale.
Mona Gable | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living
I was secretly pleased when the President outed Malia for getting a C on her science test. No matter what your ambitions are as a parent, you can't control how motivated your children are or what they achieve.
Jasmeet Sidhu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
After three years of lectures and spending several hours and nights churning out essays, it was finally time to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
Evan Hochberg | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact
If volunteerism is to be a powerful driver of social impact and business value, government, nonprofit and business leaders must focus not just on more volunteers, but on more productive volunteering.
Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
During a speech in Madison, Wisconsin today to promote education reform Obama veered from his scripted remarks to give an example of the importance of...
Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact
Two weeks ago, the New York City Foot Locker Foundation held its ninth annual "On Our Feet" charity event to raise money for the United Negro College ...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.
Mark Shriver | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact
With a poverty crisis affecting one in six children in America, we need new ways to raise awareness and engage more Americans in this tragic yet reversible situation. Perhaps the best resource for advocacy is kids themselves.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology
How about focusing our dollars on teaching methodology? Whether it be public, private, parochial, or charter, we are not leveraging computing and communications technology to the hilt.
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public sch...
Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.
Steve Larosiliere | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact
I've seen firsthand that we need alternative forms of teaching, inspiring and collaborating with youth. If we do not give them skills to compete on a global level, our society will diminish.
Eric Tipler | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
No Child Left Behind is fading from policy discussions, but it continues to shape daily life in schools in a very negative way. Capitol Hill should not forget about the law. Teachers certainly haven't.
AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.
Peter M. Shane | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media
The current moment of journalistic ferment is actually part of a larger and more alarming story. The United States is dramatically under-investing in the production and circulation of knowledge.
Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.
Melanie Duppins | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
This Tuesday, November 3, citizens of metro Detroit will flock to the polls to determine whether Mayor Dave Bing will stay in office, or yield his position to accountant Tom Barrow.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living
The biggest increase in enrollment is at two-year community colleges. Enrollment at four-year public and private colleges is pretty static. Cost may be starting, slowly, to trump prestige.
Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact
Phalen Lim fled Cambodia at the age of 2 in 1975, during the regime of the Khmer Rouge, and has never forgotten what it was like to start over as an i...
Dan Brown | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media
The editorial page in today's New York Times takes a bizarre pot shot at teachers. Teachers are demeaned by the Times as a destructive force when it comes to developing systems that work in schools.
Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact
The Marshall Direct Fund (MDF) was established to eliminate global poverty through investing in females, with the goals of increased school enrollment...
Elliot Washor | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
About one million students leave school every year without a high school diploma, mostly because of academic problems, disinterest, behavior, and family issues. So, how do schools have to change to reduce dropouts?
Stacey Radin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books