Are Teachers And Journalists On The Same Wild Ride?
They’re facing a lot of change, and the same tough questions. Google ‘what do teachers and journalists have in common’
Category: Education
For A Fun, Educational Project, Build This Cardboard Pinball Machine
What can America do with its mountains of recycled cardboard? Make educational toys, that’s what! Last week, in Burlington, Vermont,
What If We’d Spent $1.7 Trillion On Education, Instead Of The Iraq War?
Fourteen years after the war in Iraq started, the New York Times is now reporting that Iran has essentially taken over
Why I Admire Khan Academy
Quizlet CEO Matt Glotzbach and I visited Khan Academy today to have lunch with their new COO Ginny Lee, who
Words to Work By, Revisited
Just came across this list I wrote for the Quizlet company handbook in 2010. I was trying to convey some of
An Afternoon of Design Ideas
Just went to a very cool afternoon of presentations at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation on the Berkeley campus.
How Pilates Got Huge: It Went Open Source
If you want to start a trend that goes from obscure to ubiquitous seemingly overnight, open it up wide. Case
Why I’m Buying Books
I’ve been on a strange book-buying binge over the past few weeks. The paper kind. Almost 100 books and counting.
Why the Best Learning Tools for the Next Generation Should Be Free
In the 1860s, Joseph Dixon invented a cost-effective way to mass produce graphite pencils, which previously had been costly and
The Power of Staying Power: Pete Seeger Never Stopped Teaching
[The following is an email I sent out to my team a few days after Pete Seeger’s death on January