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By Adam Rifkin

Knowledge is power. Education is changing for a 21st century world.

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Nudges That Help Struggling Students Succeed

The School of Wants and Needs — and Wood-Fired Showers

How 'Daycare' Became 'School'

An Online Education Breakthrough? A Master’s Degree for a Mere $7,000

The Movement of Meditation Replacing Detention in Schools

Why Don’t We Make Learning A Computer Language A Requirement In High School? by Brad Feld, LinkedIn

NYT Opinion: Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve, by Adam Grant

Why Many Educators Can’t Teach Math

Students Today: Minds without ‘Furniture’

Richard Feynman on set theory, new math, bad vs good pedagogy, and precision vs clarity #mathed

Why Did San Francisco Schools Stop Teaching Algebra in Middle School?

Do shorter hours or higher wages make better teachers?

Teaching Neuroscience in Prison

In this classroom, the kids can’t sit still

"Should high school punishments go on college applications?"

Free-range education: Why the unschooling movement is growing

Why Kindergarten Is The New First Grade, by NPR

Venture capitalist Ted Dintersmith searches for the purpose of school. Here’s what he found.

Reforms to Ease Students’ Stress Divide a New Jersey School District, by the New York Times

Student Debt in America: No limits on lending

Here's how much extra income your college degree is worth

Education is not an adequate defense against the rise of the robots.

The American High School Is Obsolete. Let’s Do Something About It.

Teaching at-risk kids to fix bicycles

Are liberals wrong about the student loan industry exploiting young people?

I was a teacher. I’m worried my daughter will follow in my footsteps.

For 1st time, MIT's free online classes can lead to degree

Silicon Valley's unique politics explained, in 6 charts - Vox

Hacking Traditional College Debate's White-Privilege Problem

Louis C.K. Against the Common Core - The New Yorker

Is college worth it? A huge new federal database reveals the answer depends on the college...

A Sharing Economy Where Teachers Win

Rediscovering the Forgotten Benefits of Drawing

Sugata Mitra TED Prize update: Preview the School in the Cloud documentary, and a new web platform for learning

Around the World in 30 Days: Global Education Report

The lottery is a tax. An inefficient, regressive, and exploitative tax.

One-Third Of Schools Are Using This App You've Never Heard Of

The MOOC revolution that wasn’t

Baldwin, Michigan, Decided to Send Every Kid to College With Scholarships

Lockhart's Lament Math Education Is Wrong

Key and Peele made a SportsCenter for teachers, and it's way better

Microsoft launches site for teachers taking Minecraft into the classroom!

George Carlin on the American Dream

As you can see, I've memorized this utterly useless fact long enough to pass a test question. ~Calvin and Hobbes

How Elon Musk is educating his children

Bedtime Math’s Founder Uses an Eggbeater for More Than Just Eggs

Why Is The University Still Here?

Wright's Law: A Unique Teacher Truly Inspires Real Life Lessons

Even for the Tech Generation, Online Testing Is a Closed Circuit

Push, Don’t Crush, the Students - NYTimes.com

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