21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

Now universities around the country are forming a new, color-blind, Affirmative Action, aiming to close the gap between rich and poor

The University Innovation Alliance is the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to increasing the number and diversity of college graduates in the United States.

I hope you graduate from high school with a diploma that looks more like a resume, or portfolio of experiences, projects, and applied academics, than it does a basic transcript of letter grades and seat-time credits. Your diploma is a reflection of who you are and what you can do.

School leaders and designers from around the world spend three intensive days learning from global thought leaders and from one another while developing an educational vision and facility response to that vision.

Wait a minute. Failure, being extolled, even celebrated? In a high school?

This list of completely free online Coursera courses contains a number of highly rated MOOCs, including a few from Class Central’s Top 50 free online courses of all time.

"We really want to expose young women who might not otherwise consider a career in a tech field to the options that exist for them," said ChickTech: Missoula Chapter Director Brigitta Lee. "This workshop will build participants’ confidence in their technical abilities and introduce them to other female role models right here in Montana."

Illinois is last in the country when it comes to equitable public school funding, spending just 78 cents on low-income students for every dollar on high-income ones. "We have to get more people involved in teaching tech."

Despite the frenetic tone of some of the hype, the concerns fueling this move toward innovation aren’t misplaced.

A massive ARG became an obsession at the University of Chicago. It also taught students how to handle not getting along.