Intelligent Education System

What is an intelligent education system? The best design to educate our society, as we discussed, must leverage technology but be cognizant of the very human elements that distinguish successful teachers and schools. With the rise of charter schools, waste in public education funding, influence of teacher’s unions, and the difficulty in compensating success: what are the principles and design elements of best educational systems of the future?

College Calculus

If there is one thing most Americans have been able to agree on over the years, it is that getting an education, particularly a college education, is a key to human…

Teachers Unions Deserve a Punch in the Face

“At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked the New Jersey governor during an interview. The question was a callback, he said, to…

The 11 Hot NYC Startups that Killed it at EDTECH

Branching Minds is a web application that brings together learning scientists and learning specialists to help teachers and parents identify students’ learning challenges, match them with research-backed learning supports…

10 Lessons in Education Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs have changed how we think about education reform in the past decade—dramatically transforming what and how instructors teach…