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In China, a Generation Raised by 'Tiger Mothers' Seeks a Softer Approach
For Nancy Xu, childhood revolved around her studies. That meant early-morning bus rides to school, loads of after-school classes, and by high school,…
7 years, 6 months ago
New Book Looks for 'Timeless' Approach to Rethinking Schools
The key to reforming schools is imagination. Think bringing the spirit of shows like The Jetsons or Star Trek to school design, throwing out all prec…
7 years, 6 months ago
Rethinking the First Two Years of Higher Education
The first two years of college are often treated like something you just have to get through—and almost like a commodity. Even the term “general educ…
7 years, 6 months ago
Has ‘Shift’ Happened? Revisiting a Viral Video From 2008
About 10 years ago, a short video called Shift Happens went viral, providing a wake-up call to educators that their students would enter a very diffe…
7 years, 6 months ago
Is Open Content Enough? Where OER Advocates Say the Movement Must Go Next
Open educational resources have been around for more than a decade, and the sheer number of these materials—in the form of textbooks, courses, videos…
7 years, 7 months ago
How Do You Prepare Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet?
There is a lot of talk these days about robots replacing humans in the workforce, but those conversations remain largely abstract. For students in sc…
7 years, 7 months ago
How to Bring Innovation to Campus Without Cheapening Education
Do you want fries with that education? That question is one that many professors fear is essentially coming to colleges, as higher-ed leaders adopt p…
7 years, 7 months ago
Cultural Anthropologist Mimi Ito: Good Intentions Don’t Always Mean Equitable Outcomes in Edtech
Imagine you’re an elementary school student. Your teacher has told your class to watch several streaming videos for a class project. You might want t…
7 years, 7 months ago
What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? Persuasive Design.
Technology shapes the way we interact everyday. We FaceTime with family across the country, we send snaps to our friends to let them know where we ar…
7 years, 8 months ago
Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom?
Entrepreneur Steve Blank has served as a founder, investor and even in the air force. But there’s another title he’s is known for: professor. Blank h…
7 years, 8 months ago