A must-see for every parent and teacher. Education guru Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Sir Ken Robinson is author of “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative,” and a leading expert on innovation in education and business. 
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By Carol S. Dweck – reprinted from Scientific American.
Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.
A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned [...]

One of the absolute best resources on the internet that not very many people know about is the MIT OpenCourseWare project.
The OCW is an online repository of all courses offered at MIT in both their graduate and undergraduate departments.
It doesn’t allow you to get an MIT degree, but you can work through material at you [...]

Ever wonder how “smart” people seem to memorize everything the night before an exam?
Sure there are a few rare people who are born with a natural gift for memory (for example, the 2004 World Memory Champion Ben Pridmore memorized the order of cards in a randomly shuffled 52-card deck in 31 seconds). But for [...]

Good and bad methods of disciplining inappropriate classsroom behavior. This was a very well made instructional movie for teachers. While there are new & different problems in the modern schools, the basic ideas of this film still holds. The opening messages are exactly what the best research on classroom behaviour tells us:

The vast majority of [...]

One of my biggest gripes about the school system in the United States is that it teaches children to “do their own work”.  
Sure, I understand the reason behind it.  We don’t want kids copying off each other on the test and skipping out on learning!  But is it possible we’ve gone too far?
You see, [...]

If you’re like most students, you’ve seen an add for a speed reading course at some point in your life and wondered if it was real.
Well, the short answer is a resounding YES.  But there is a longer answer as well:
The appeal of speed reading is that it will save you time on homework and [...]

Reprinted from SmartMoney.com.
1. “We don’t have to stick to any educational standards.”
News of failing schools and the increasing competitiveness of colleges have made education a big concern for parents. To the rescue, perhaps, comes the “supplemental education” business, an estimated $2 billion-and-growing industry that includes private tutors, retail tutoring centers and test-preparation centers.
While schools must [...]