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Extreme Marshmallow Cannons!

"Don’t Be Bored, Make Something."

K-12 Can Learn from Early Education

"At least some of the answers to turning around our nation’s struggling K-12 public schools can be found at the nearest preschool."

$100,000 saved per child when pre-natal to pre-k education program implemented.

"Investing in school readiness produces an educated and skilled workforce and social returns with substantial economic value."

What Stanford Professor Tina Seelig Told Googlers About Innovation

When we’re young we’re given information to understand how the world works, but not given a parallel process to learn how to invent new things.

5 Kids Who Are Using Science To Change The World

At Google’s annual science fair, the projects go well beyond making a tornado in a bottle. These impressive kids are doing things like inventing new toilets and giving hearing to the deaf.

Early Education is an Economic Imperative

"The gap between the rhetoric and the reality is stunning given the research, the support of our top economists, and the growing understanding of the importance of our children’s earliest years not only for school success, but for our nation’s economic success."

Student Motivation: An Overlooked Piece of School Reform

This series of papers examines topics related to students’ academic motivation, a critical but often overlooked aspect of education.

Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential

Born to Rise recounts a journey that led Kenny to risk her life savings to open schools in Harlem while proving that all children, regardless of socioeconomic circumstances, can learn at high levels.

Mr. Science is Doing Battle to Encourage Silicon Valley’s Youngest Innovators

I dare any kid to spend a morning with Bob Boschert and not fall madly or more deeply in love with science.

10 of the best Droid apps for education in 2012

Apps for learning phonics, astronomy, and turning an Android tablet into an interactive whiteboard are among this year’s most useful Droid-based apps