"Not all screen time is created equal," says Outschool CEO. See why the distinction matters, and which classes are revolutionizing how kids learn. PLUS: Dave Ramsey's "worth test" for college.
How Outschool.com is upending the world of alternative education (and our perception of "screen time"). PLUS: Welcome to the era of Networked Schooling.
Students now spend nearly 100 minutes a day on school-issued devices β and some are pushing back. Plus: The one book that calms the biggest fear parents have about nontraditional education.
Mark your calendars! On May 13, Matt Bowman and Isaac Morehouse will launch their new book, *Open Education: How to Reimagine Learning, Ignite Curiosity, and Prepare Your Kids for Success.*
The college question isn't yes/no, it's "what am I getting for what I'm paying?" PLUS: The financial education curriculum that schools aren't teaching
From calculator protests to Nobel Prize winners, what history teaches us about the tools (and fears) that shape education...
The definition of anxiety is thinking there will be something scary that you won't be able to deal with." Lenore Skenazy on why overprotection might be the real danger. Plus: How hybrid homeschool communities are reimagining education.
When Ansel Adams was 12, his father pulled him from school and gave him a pass to the World's Fair instead. The result? One of America's most celebrated artists. Plus: what kindergartners really need (and it's not more worksheets).
Nobel physicist Richard Feynman's rejection of external validation offers a powerful lesson for education. PLUS: What's really happening at the Department of Education, and how to navigate a massive homeschool resource database.
Today's ChatGPT panic looks remarkably similar to the calculator protests of the 1960s. What can history teach us about the tools we fear? PLUS: A reimagined gap year and free online STEM tutoring.
From memorization factories to billion-dollar dropouts, the growing gap between what schools measure and what life requires...
Award-winning educator T.K. Coleman reveals why "weird" might be your child's superpower. PLUS: The real reason traditionally-schooled kids struggle in adulthood & how artificial age-segregation limits social development.