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"Should we invest our limited education resources in teaching critical reading skills or in what’s known as STEM — science, technology, engineering and math?"

"This is truly a win for school districts," said Heidi Rizkalla, the Learning Lamp’s education director. "Not only can schools now control the content and course options for their cyber students, they can save a significant amount of money."

Here is my run-down of the leading college classes that serve as launchpads for startups.

"What do we currently do in the first five days of school? It’s usually about control, organization, and administration," Whitby said. "The first thing we do is set the ground rules: This is how you learn. But what if we flip this around?"

Traditional American universities are suddenly running scared of the Internet, and for good reason. They successfully weathered the rise of online, open-enrollment degree programs like the University of Phoenix, but now they’re confronting a much more terrifying enemy: YouTube.

These 50 educational technology products and services are the winners of our 2012-13 Readers’ Choice Awards

"We’re not saying the whole curriculum turns into this big game. We’re saying it’s an adjunct to a serious curriculum." Bill Gates

If we wanted to give the United States the best chance for a great future, and we were allowed to pick one thing to promote that – I would pick great teaching in America’s classrooms.

The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary stipends is part of a long-term effort by President Barack Obama to encourage education in high-demand areas that hold the key to future economic growth–and to close the achievement gap between American students and their international peers.

In the fall, Coursera https://www.coursera.org/ will offer 100 or more free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that are expected to draw millions of students and adult learners globally.