Cafe Education

Learned helplessness can prevent people from achieving their goals, something I've experienced first hand.

Imagine a school where playing video games is encouraged during classes and may even replace exams. A new educational programme uses SimCity to test children on vital problem-solving skills.

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

"Do Not Read This" is a campaign for those who can't read.

Richard Culatta identifies 3 major challenges with our current approach to education and suggests how a shift to personalized learning is the key to the future of education in America. To make this shift, we must close the digital divide between those who can leverage technology to reimagine learning and those who simply use technology to digitize the status quo.

Khan Academy is on a mission to unlock the world's potential. Most people think their intelligence is fixed. The science says it's not.

Jake's story is one of the powerful narratives filmed for The BULLY Project, the social action campaign inspired by the documentary film BULLY.

Dawn Loggins, 18, was homeless last year. Yet she worked hard - both as a student and as a janitor. She's now going off to the Ivy League.

Have you done an Hour of Code yet? Join millions of others at: code.org.

Great teachers shape who we are today.

Teaching our puppy Pacino how to catch...it's going to take some work!

"I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate" picks up on the education topic but takes a different stance and angle from "Why I Hate School But Love Education".

Uruguay has joined the small number of nations providing a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabare Vazquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. The "Plan Ceibal" (Education Connect) project has allowed many families access to the world of computers and the internet for the first time.