The public education system in the US has been the same for over a century, with teachers talking at students and giving them tests. But at Iowa BIG, teens address their community’s most pressing needs — and the results are benefiting them and their town.
Elementary school teacher Kayla Delzer’s students tweet, post on Instagram and watch YouTube in class. Here’s why she thinks all kids should do the same.
What should we do with the quiet kids? A conversation with Susan Cain on the future of classroom education.
As the president of Bennington College, Liz Coleman challenged the status quo of a higher education system more concerned with growing endowments than with training the next generation of public servants. Now heading the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, she’s focused on a more fundamental issue: what will schools teach? And what does that mean for the future of our society?