School Survival

Last night, Cevin Soling appeared on the Colbert Report to promote his documentary entitled, "The War on Kids." Cevin discussed with Stephen issues facing young people in the American School System. He explains how our system of public education went from a Prussian model designed to make good soldiers, to a factory model with bells […]

As an outlaw in the grand tradition, 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore has both infuriated and impressed the Pacific North-West with his escapades. Now he's back on his home turf. Victims call him a one-man crime wave who ought to be in prison. Fans say he's a misunderstood folk hero in the grand tradition of Robin Hood, […]

Perhaps proving once and for all, that, you can and should teach an old dog new tricks, UCLA scientists have found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web. The findings, […]

Will Phillips isn't like other boys his age. For one thing, he's smart. Scary smart. A student in the West Fork School District in Washington County, he skipped a grade this year, going directly from the third to the fifth. When his family goes for a drive, discussions are much more apt to be about […]

Clio, Michigan -- Mid-Michigan youth are continually being encouraged to get involved in their communities, but one local teenager took that to the extreme. He's the newest Clio City Commissioner, and he's just 19-years-old. The next time you go shopping at the Clio VG's, be sure to say hello to City Commissioner Edward Mosher. That's […]

By Peter Gray Someone recently referred me to a book that they thought I'd like. It's a 2009 book, aimed toward teachers of grades K through 12, titled Why Don't Students Like School? It's by a cognitive scientist named Daniel T. Willingham, and it has received rave reviews by countless people involved in the school […]

xcriteria posted this on the forums: There was a conference/meeting earlier this year called Hacking Education. The topic was the intersection of technology and education. It had a very entrepreneurial focus. Technology is going to change education the same way it's changing the news and music and movie industries. A long summary of what was […]

POLICE were called to control a protest by students at Whitworth Community High School over the new head teacher's "draconian" rules. A message was sent to pupils on Facebook calling on them to walk out and stand outside the head teacher's office on Friday morning in protest over head Maggie Holt's newly enforced dress code. […]

Got this in my email a few minutes ago: Dear Youth Rights Supporter, This Thursday, the State of Wisconsin is voting on a bill that will make it more difficult for parents to teach their children how to drink responsibly. The best way to reduce abusive binge drinking is to get parents involved in teaching […]

Would you let your kids stay home from school and teach themselves? Astra Taylor's parents did, and she grew up to be an indie filmmaker. Astra Taylor has a curious mind -- and a curiously educated mind. Taylor, a young indie filmmaker selected as one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 new faces to watch in 2006, […]