XPRIZE: Funding solutions for tech-enabled learning Kendrick Kho April 21, 2015 1 Comment "There's 60 million kids around the world who don't have physical access to teachers. Can we make technology and content that is so intuitive that children can teach themselves and each other?"... Read More »
Scoryst: A better way of grading Lawrence Murata March 11, 2015 0 Comments One year ago, Catherine Lu and Karanveer Mohan launched Scoryst, a platform for student homework submissions and instructor feedback. Now, their product is already being used by 50 classes, including... Read More »
A clarification of Common Core misconceptions Austin Block March 1, 2015 2 Comments In recent years, polemical critics on both sides have obscured the legitimate issues surrounding the Common Core. Rather than promote rational dialogue, they have caricaturized the issue, depicting... Read More »
Student debt: Perverting higher education Neil Chaudhary February 26, 2015 1 Comment Student debt is transforming higher education from an avenue of self-exploration and academic inquiry to a vocational school designed to increase employability. To rectify this situation, we need to... Read More »
The case for universal preschool Mina Shah February 24, 2015 0 Comments Providing a space for all children to enter school at an earlier age regardless of gender, race, and income background is crucial if we as a nation want to actually uphold our ideals of valuing... Read More »
Professor of education examines how students learn math Skylar Cohen February 8, 2015 1 Comment The new methods developed by Stanford professor of education Jo Boaler may revolutionize the learning process for students who have difficulty understanding math. Read More »
Why I worry about ed tech Austin Block February 1, 2015 3 Comments Before we push technology into every domain of children’s educational lives, we must develop a more robust research base on the effects such technology might have on student learning. Moreover, we... Read More »
Obama’s community college proposal: Too early to judge Austin Block January 21, 2015 0 Comments At first glance, it sounds misanthropic to criticize President Obama’s new community college plan. How could one possibly criticize a program whose goal is to make community college – a gateway to... Read More »