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

Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age.

According to a new study, the way kids view robotics can help schools design better 21st-century lessons and create more productive classrooms.

Let’s take a look and discuss some of the things that we, as parents, might be able to do to get our children ready for the next 5, 10, even 20 years.

Creativity helps kids be more confident, develop social skills, and learn better. Below, three experts share how parents can encourage their kids’ creativity.

Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her new title as the 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12 education.

16% of struggling third grade readers do not finish high school by age 19, compared with 26% from poor families and 35% from poor families that live in high-poverty neighborhoods.

Educators interested in "flipping" their classroom (that is, providing traditional lecture material for review at home and problem-solving exercises in the classroom) now have two more options to provide core content with a minimum of effort.

Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers.

"With guidance, these various technology tools can be harnessed for learning and development; without guidance, usage can be inappropriate and/or interfere with learning and development."

Faculty members should ask how they can create the best learning experience for students.

"We need to do better about adapting to emerging technology,"