Education
Open Sesame
In the OpenCourseWare movement, the future of learning is on your laptop. Among the topics Bill Gates discussed in his foundation's annual...
Education
The Working Learner Goes Online
Are web-based classes the solutions for both working students and struggling schools? College classrooms might be a little quieter these days,...
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Have Internet, Will Graduate
Edit image More and more members of the military are taking classes—and earning degrees—online. Tim Smasal didn’t really think that college fit...
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Learning the Ropes
At Harlem’s Baby College, expectant parents are getting the tools they need to prepare for their kids’ success. On most Saturday mornings, in...
Education
The GOOD Guide to Education Innovation
For as long as we can remember, we've been told that the system is irretrievably broken. We've all heard the numbers: One in three students will...
Education
Preschool For All
How universal pre-kindergarten programs are sweeping the country, one state at a time. On the campaign trail in 2007, Barack Obama laid out...
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An Audacious Promise
How Harlem's Promise Neighborhood experiment is expanding its scope For most of its history, Harlem hasn't been much of a role model for other...
Education
Creating Digital Citizens
How advances in technology are changing—and bettering—the way kids learn. Earlier this year, a third grade art class at the Godfrey Elementary...
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A Chartered Future
Thanks in part to the Obama administration, charter schools have more support than ever. But as the movement expands, the controversy...
Education
Edible Schoolyards
How school gardens might change not only the way kids eat, but also learn. In a former New York City school parking lot, crumbling asphalt has...
Education
A Little Goes a Long Way
Why microfunding may mean big changes for education. You might call it a hidden tax on teachers: In 2005, the United States' 3 million public...
