Sugata Mitra is an educational scientist studying the difficult problem that the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. By giving students around the world “self-supervised access to the web,” Mitra saw amazing results. Watch below as Sugata Mitra (winner of the 2013 TED Prize) shares his dream. Or, see our post […]
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Public Schools Expand Curriculum Online
Another great story from NPR – this time, they discuss how public schools are using innovative online teaching to increase their curriculum. This allows smaller schools to give students the benefits of big school topics. The article focuses largely on Virtual Virginia, a state program offering dozens of classes to middle and high school students […]