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

The obvious thing to do is ask policymakers what kinds of research they find most useful.

The new center would identify and coordinate best practices for STEM education in the state’s schools.

As students graduate with more college debt, "it is more important than ever that college students are equipped with the knowledge, perspectives, skills and habits" to successfully manage their money.

More than 100 colleges and universities have committed to training 20,000 engineers, and a coalition of CEOs has promised to expand high-quality STEM education programs to an additional 1.5 million students this year.

The idea aims to eliminate one of the biggest gripes of students everywhere: "What is the point of learning this?" Now, each subject is anchored to the reason for learning it.

"The formula for privatizing districts is the same all over the country: Open charters operated by private organizations. Simultaneously defund neighborhood schools, declare them "failing," and then close them. Fire certified professional teachers and replace them with temporary, unskilled TFA recruits."

The daylong program offers creative hands-on workshops designed for girls in grades 6-8 to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Swinburne University has designed an online course to give families practical strategies to cope with a child with autism.

The American educational system creates a permanent math underclass.

An excellent example of how bullying can be confronted.