The Huffington Post reports that the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday passed the Student Success Act, chairman Rep. John Kline's (R-Minn.) rewrite of the No…
Speaking at the American Federation for Children conference in Washington, D.C. last month, Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) told the audience, "Fifty years ago we wouldn't let minorities into…
This month, I talked to three extraordinary corporate CEOs about talent development and the role of business in education, Tom Vander Ark reports for The Huffington Post.
I built a one-room schoolhouse on 80 acres in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and completed a year of teaching students of various grades and ages in this…
The Chicago Public Schools District may be amid turbulent times, but that hasn’t stopped teachers, students and administrators from doing amazing things, the Huffington Post reports.
The Huffington Post reports that Thomas Edison once said, "Books will soon be obsolete in the public schools... our school system will be completely changed inside of ten…
Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed…
Last week I wrote about collaboration for the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship -- specifically about how, despite the prevalence of technology, human interactions and relationships are…
A growing wage gap between public and private colleges, coupled with the increased reliance on part-time instructors, threatens to degrade academic quality at certain universities, according to a…
Over the last seven years, Liz Davidson and I had the privilege of working with hundreds of inspiring students from low-income communities, the Huffington Post reports.
Turkey meatballs, organic Greek yogurt, fair trade coffee. It sounds like the makings of a persnickety shopper’s grocery list. But it’s just one batch of fresh food that…
Students attending Windham schools in New Hampshire, won't be dodging balls during gym class anymore. The school district voted to ban dodgeball and other "human target" sports in…
Just days after the Chicago Public School district revealed its list of 54 school closings — plus six turnaround schools and 11 consolidations — students have taken to…
Synching, optimizing, and personalizing is known as configuration management and it's a thriving technology business, says a writer for the Huffington Post.
Citing budget cuts caused by sequestration, a Head Start program near Fayetteville, Ark., has decided to take the dramatic step of closing its classrooms for the summer 13…
The state of New York may have a comparatively liberal attitude towards its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents. But a new poll suggests that generally tolerant…