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Ivy League Schools Are Overrated. Send Your Kids Elsewhere. | New Republic
The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies “Our system of elite education manufactures young people who are smart and talented ... (2014)
Fewer toys at once may help toddlers to focus better and play more creatively
We tested the hypothesis that an environment with fewer toys will lead to higher quality of play for toddlers. Each participant (n = 36) engaged in... (2017)
Ask HN: What coding challenge sites should I try next? | Hacker News
“I'm learning PHP for a new position and tried using codewars and codefights. I'm not impressed by the UX with either of them, they're over gamifie... (2017)
A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest
Do you want to speak more languages? Sure, as Sally Struthers used to say so often, we all do. (2017)
Is it time to change the undergraduate physics curriculum?
Is it time to change the undergraduate physics curriculum? “When it comes to undergraduates, the university systems of the UK and the US are si... (2017)
The Colorado School of Mines Wants to Launch the First-Ever Space Mining Program
WIRED: The first-ever graduate program for space miners-in-training is set to launch next year. And the inaugural class is already taking lessons. (2017)
Universities are also to blame for the GOP’s ‘grad student tax’ - The Washington Post
Charging us tuition, only to waive it, helps to define us as students instead of the essential workers we are. “But while we should all be calli... (2017)
A Public Option For Food | Current Affairs
Does the food system prove that we should privatize public schools? No, it proves that free markets are a disaster… (2017)
Brown University raising $120 million to eliminate all student loans
Brown University has initiated a $120 million campaign to drop all loans from financial aid packages given to their undergraduates. (2017)
Forget what you’ve been told about edtech | TechCrunch
Investors are incessant in their hunt for the next emerging market. The investment du jour? Edtech. The tastemaker in this case is an article from ... (2017)
With a new CEO, Y Combinator will wind down fellowships and start a MOOC | TechCrunch
Y Combinator, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years, is making broad, organizational changes-- for the second time this year. Most drama... (2017)
OpenClassrooms Launches First MOOC-Based Bachelor Degree Recognized By French State | TechCrunch
You won't have any excuse to skip class anymore. French startup OpenClassrooms is launching the first State-recognized bachelor degree in France th... (2017)
The MOOC Revolution That Wasn’t | TechCrunch
Three years ago this week, Sebastian Thrun recorded his Stanford class on Artificial Intelligence, released it online to a staggering 180,000 stude... (2017)
Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting. - The New York Times
A growing body of evidence shows that college students generally learn less when they use computers or tablets during lectures. That is probably tr... (2017)
How US students get a university degree for free in Germany - BBC News
While the cost of college education in the US has reached record highs, Germany has abandoned tuition fees altogether for German and international ... (2017)
How Germany abolished tuition fees - BBC News
How have German universities been able to abolish tuition fees when English universities are charging £9,000? More than a million young people wil... (2017)
American students head to Germany for free college
"Despite the high cost of college in this country, most American students will choose to go to school here. But a growing number of students are ge... (2017)
Why Germany Is So Much Better at Training Its Workers - The Atlantic
America rarely uses an apprenticeship model to teach young people a trade. Could such a system help the unemployed? "According to the most recen... (2017)
Beer distribution game - Wikipedia
The beer distribution game (also known as the beer game) is an experiential learning business simulation game created by a group of professors at M... (2017)
Shernaz Daver, the CMO who helped to turn around Udacity, is leaving the company | TechCrunch
Shernaz Daver, the chief marketing officer for Udacity, who company founder Sebastian Thrun credits with architecting the company's dramatic revita... (2017)
Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed
2017: I co-founded PrepMe in 2001. We were one of the first education companies online and the first purely online, personalized platform. We wer... (2011)
Researchers explain why trade school, not 4-year college, is a better way to solve the US income gap
CNBC, 2017: “Research: Trade school, not a bachelor's degree, may be better for workers displaced by artificial intelligence and technology. So... (2017)
Behind the Lucrative Assembly Line of Student Debt Lawsuits
New York Times, 2017: “Transworld has been one of most prolific debt collectors, filing more than 38,000 lawsuits in the last three years on behalf... (2017)
65 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled
The web was built specifically to share research papers amongst scientists. Despite this being the first goal of the modern web, most research is s... (2017)
The Hungarian Approach and How It Fits the American Educational Landscape
By Ryota Matsuura, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at St. Olaf College and North American Director of Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Educatio... (2015)
What Boredom Does to You
Issue 53: Monsters - Nautilus, 2016: "The science of the wandering mind. very emotion has a purpose—an evolutionary benefit,” says Sandi Mann, a ... (2017)
Chunking Information for Instructional Design
"If we ran a contest for the favorite esoteric word of Instructional Designers, the term “chunking” might win. It’s a concept embedded in the world... (2012)
6 eLearning Content Chunking Strategies To Apply In Instructional Design
eLearning Industry: "Content chunking, as its name suggests, involves chunking information so that it’s easier for online learners to digest. Inst... (2016)
4 Tips For Content Chunking In e-Learning - eLearning Industry
Content chunking is the strategy of breaking up content into shorter, bite-size pieces that are more manageable and easier to remember. This is a g... (2014)
Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle – Medium
The New York Times, headlining their article on a subset of this issue “On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters”, highlights the use of... (2017)
The Wheel Of Modern Education | Gautam Khetrapal | TEDxUTP
Gautam is a Computer Engineer by education, Growth Hacker by experience and a Life Designer at heart. For past 7 yrs, he's been obsessed with tryin... (2017)
What is a MOOC?
Narrated by Dave Cormier Video by Neal Gillis - Research by: Bonnie Stewart Alexander McAuley George Siemens Dave Cormier Created through funding r... (2017)
Tossing Pennies on the Roof
Bill Gates and Washington State Teacher of the Year Camille Jones shars an engineering lesson (2017)
Chunking - A Learning Technique
YouTube Video, Sprouts, 2017 by Barbara Oakley: "According to learning expert Dr. Oakley it can hold only 4 chunks of information at once. So when... (2017)
Lecture 16 - What is a Chunk?
Coursera, Learning How to Learn: "In this video, we're going to answer the question. What is a chunk? When you first look at a brand new conce... (2017)
Lecture 15 - Introduction to Chunking
"Learning how to Learn", Coursera, Dr. Barbara Oakley, University of California, San Diego "This week, we're going to be talking about chunks, c... (2017)
Lecture 18 - How to Form a Chunk - Part 2
"Learning How to Learn", Coursera, Dr. Barbara Oakley, University of California, San Diego "There's a bottom up chunking process, where practice... (2017)
Lecture 17 - How to Form a Chunk - Part 1
"Learning How to Learn", Coursera, Dr. Barbara Oakley, University of California, San Diego "how to make a chunk. If you're learning to play a di... (2017)
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animati... (2017)
Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech "Make Good Art"
Neil Gaiman's commencement speech to the University of the arts graduating class of 2012 Philadelphia (2017)
New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra
TED: " Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where... (2017)
TED: "Hey Science Teachers: Make it Fun!"
TED: Tyler DeWitt (2017)
How To Use SciSpace and Copilot - Dominate Research in ONE tool!
Scispace is revolutionizing the way we approach research and literature reviews, offering tools that promise to streamline these processes like nev... (2024)
Think Twice Before Becoming a Scientist: PhDs Are Regretting Their Choice
Uncover the harsh realities of academic careers in 2024. This eye-opening video delves into the financial and career struggles faced by PhD graduat... (2024)
Higher Ed Crisis: Ask Us Anything! (Part 3/3)
Welcome to “The Ben & Marc Show”, featuring a16z co-founders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen. In this latest episode -- the final in a 3 part ser... (2024)
Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities (part 2/3)
Welcome to "The Ben & Marc Show," featuring a16z's co-founders Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen. In this latest episode, Marc and Ben continue their ... (2024)
Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter (part 1/3)
Welcome to “The Ben & Marc Show”, featuring a16z co-founders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen. In this latest episode, Marc and Ben tackle the uni... (2024)
Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas
What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides. 🧠Made by Black Lab FilmsSub... (2023)
What is Biomedical Engineering & Why is it the BEST Major!! Part I
Hi everyone! Being a recent graduate from TWO Ivy League universities, Harvard & Cornell University, I thought I'd talk about the field that I've s... (2023)
Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress nar... (2023)
Stanford's FREE data science book and course are the best yet
Stanford's FREE data science book and course are the best yet (2023)
73 Questions With A Former IVY LEAGUE ADMISSIONS OFFICER | New York Times Published Author
GUYS, I've filmed a lot of 73 Questions videos but I think THIS one has been the most informative!! Grab a pen! You will probably want to take note... (2023)
GPT-4 Khan Academy In Depth Demo
Sal Khan walks through Khan Academy's GPT-4 integration (not generally available yet). Folks can join the waitlist at Khanacademy.orgTo learn more ... (2023)
How I would learn Machine Learning (if I could start over)
In this video, I give you my step by step process on how I would learn Machine Learning if I could start over again, and provide you with all recom... (2023)
Khan Academy announces GPT-4 powered learning guide
Khan Academy announcing its limited pilot of GPT-4 learning guide.We believe that AI has the potential to transform learning in a positive way, but... (2023)
AI in education: 5 SECRET Ways to Become a Speed Learner With ChatGPT
In today's video, I'm going to show you 5 ways ChatGPT can boost your learning with its personalized feedback, research capabilities, and its deep ... (2023)
Introducing Class
Michael Chasen, Co-Founder & CEO of Class—and father of three—explains how Class brings the physical classroom experience online and ultimately why... (2022)
This Is Water - David Foster Wallace - Kenyon College Commencement Speech
Commencement Speech to Kenyon College class of 2005 written by David Foster Wallace (2022)
Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Report
You can access your PSAT/NMSQT score report online and learn how ready you are for college, explore which AP courses are a good match for you, and ... (2021)
Learning Styles - The biggest myth in education
Learning Styles - The biggest myth in education You are not a “visual learner”… (2021)
Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning
In this episode, I discuss science-supported protocols to optimize your depth and rate of learning of material and skills. I explain the neurobiolo... (2024)
Essentials: Optimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how to boost creativity and enhance learning by aligning with the body’s natural rhythms and str... (2025)
Why does MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass - Found | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Found on Spotify. Today on Found, we’re talking to David Rogier, the CEO and founder of Masterclass, a streaming platfo... (2023)
The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Capitalisn't on Spotify. We’re taking a week off here at the end of the summer, but with Biden’s recent student loan an... (2022)
#200 – Every Indie Hacker Has an Online Course in Them - Indie Hackers | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Today I’m talking to some of the best online course creators that I know. So many indie hacke... (2022)
RIP SAT - Today, Explained | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Why are colleges ditching the test? A) The SAT is biased B) Colleges want to admit more di... (2022)
Illinois Is The First State To Have High Schools Teach News Literacy : NPR
Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneu... (2021)
#197 – Inside Zapier's First Acquisition with Ben Tossell of Makerpad - Indie Hackers
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. In just two years, Ben Tossell (@bentossell) grew Makerpad to over 10,000 users, $400,000 ARR... (2021)
Indiehackers – From $0 to $5M Without Writing Any Code with Tara Reed of Apps Without Code
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. At some point, Tara Reed (@TaraReed_) decided that she didn't want to build a funded, sca... (2020)
TED Radio Hour: Tracy Edwards: What Can A Sailboat Teach You That A Classroom Can't?
When Tracy Edwards was expelled from school, she wound up working on boats. That led her to form a record-breaking all-female sailing crew, which c... (2020)
a16z Podcast: Online Learning and the Ed Tech Debate
The research behind online education, the impact of COVID on the future of higher ed, and tech's potential in everything from curriculum to access ... (2020)
Chartered: Florida's First Private Takeover Of A Public School System - WLRN - 2019
Florida's First Private Takeover Of A Public School System (2019)
This Week in Startups (podcast) E907: The Syndicate Showcase - Wherebyus (journalism) and Steezy (dance)
E907 Syndicate Showcase: Jason shares portfolio co's; 15Five, Growth Boulevard, STEEZY, WhereBy.Us (2019)
The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos | EdSurge News
What’s life like after quitting a tenured job as a professor to become a freelance educator, making video courses and podcasts for a living? That’s... (2019)
Escaping the 9-to-5 Grind to Create a $3 Million Business with Joel Hooks of egghead.io - Indie Hackers
Joel Hooks (@jhooks) never found it easy to spend his life working for other people. So when he came across an inspirational book that told him he ... (2018)
The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College : NPR
Counselors and parents are hesitant for students to take out loans for college. But a new study shows that borrowing money can actually be helpful ... (2018)
Audio Of The Week: Luis von Ahn, Founder and CEO of Duolingo – AVC
Luis von Ahn is a terrific entrepreneur and computer scientist. He is the founder of our portfolio company Duolingo. In this podcast he talks about... (2018)
Maya Children In Guatemala Are Great At Paying Attention. What's Their Secret? : NPR
Maya kids do better on tests measuring attention, researchers say it's because these kids have something that many American kids have lost. (2018)
Caribu: Can Storytime Become Big Business? (#34) by from Gimlet Media
Max Tuchman is on a roll with Caribu, an app that lets parents and kids read together virtually. But can she convince investors that early success ... (2018)
a16z Podcast: The Case Against Education, From Signaling to Rainbow’s End – Andreessen Horowitz
Signaling -- not learning -- can explain why education pays in the labor market, and why we shouldn't invest (any more) in it, argues Bryan Caplan,... (2018)
High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University : NPR
Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree? (2018)
‘Marvel-ous Makers’ Bring Black Panther-Inspired Creations to the Classroom | EdSurge News
Netia McCray is one of the educators using the Black Panther film as an educational opportunity. She is the founder of a non-profit called Mbadika,... (2018)
How can an early stage startup get its product into classrooms?
Building Products That Deliver: Jason Palmer of New Markets Venture Partners Shares Advice for EdTech Startups “In both higher ed and k-12 mark... (2018)
Rebroadcast: What If MOOCs Really Do Revolutionize Education? by EdSurge On Air
On this holiday week, we're rebroadcasting our most popular episode of 2017: Barbara Oakley, a professor of engineering at Oakland University,... (2018)
A Mind For Numbers, by Barbara Oakley, PhD
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill... (2025)
Who Gets In and Why
From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissi... (2023)
Valedictorians at the Gate
Named one of Grown & Flown's “Best Book on College Admissions and Paying for College” “The most honest, most helpful book I’ve ever read on applyin... (2023)
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott H. Young
Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to... (2021)
The Low-Density University | Johns Hopkins University Press Books
COVID-19 has placed American higher education at a crossroads. This book is the roadmap.COVID-19 triggered an existential crisis for American highe... (2020)
The Value of the Humanities - Chapter (PDF Available) · January 2015
What is the value of the humanities? This is a question that guides us throughout this report as we seek conceptual clarity and credibility for pra... (2019)
The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education: Clayton M. Christensen, Henry J. Eyring
The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out [Clayton M. Christensen, Henry J. Eyring] on Amazon.com. The In... (2018)
Common Core - National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, by Nicholas Tampio The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most contr... (2017)
The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World -- by Adam Gazzaley
The Distracted Mind has 270 ratings and 39 reviews -- Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on ou... (2018)
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan
The Case Against Education has 189 ratings and 38 reviews. Byrne said: Bryan Caplan’s new book has provoked a storm of criticism, from both laypeop... (2018)
Textbook | Calculus Online Textbook | Mathematics | MIT OpenCourseWare
Calculus Textbook. Free. Online. First published in 1991 by Wellesley-Cambridge Press, this updated 3rd edition of the book is a useful resource... (2025)
Gap year program: Where there be dragons.
Immersive Travel Abroad Programs For Youth & Adults. We offer immersive travel abroad programs in Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America fo... (2024)
The Modern MBA | Quantic School of Business and Technology
Earn your accredited degree with Quantic's award-winning and radically affordable MBA and Executive MBA degree programs. Join global business leade... (2023)
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Augment.org | The Best MBA Alternative
The Augment MBA program is tailored for busy professionals. Learn from the founders of Wikipedia, YouTube & more. Anytime, anywhere, on any device. (2023)
Mursion - Immersive VR Learning Simulations With Human-Powered AI
Mursion provides immersive simulated practice for essential skills in the workplace powered by humans and assisted by AIMursion puts learners in 1:... (2023)
Speak - The speaking app that actually talks
Speak is the first & only app that lets you get real conversational practice without needing a live tutor on the other end. And we build some serio... (2023)
GEBG - Global Education Benchmark Group K12
The Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) is a leading non-profit association of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in ... (2023)
Wyzant: Find Private Tutors at Affordable Prices, In-Person & Online
Find affordable, top-rated private tutors in 250+ subjects and test prep on Wyzant.com. Quick online scheduling for in-person and online tutoring h... (2022)
Curious Cardinals - tutoring, mentoring students k-12
Curious Cardinals was born out of the idea that college students could serve as mentors for K-12 students, inspiring the next generation of change-... (2022)
Synthesis - Where kids learn to solve problems together
Join the most innovative learning experience for kids. Games designed to cultivate strategic thinking, collaboration, and effective communication. (2022)
Class: The Virtual Classroom Built On Zoom. 50+ Online Teaching Tools for Remote Learning on Zoom
Help your teachers thrive online by making your virtual classroom feel like a real one. Class lets you do anything you do in a real classroom: one-... (2022)
Fiveable - Group Study Rooms with Timer
Study with friends using the #1 virtual studying platform for students. Create a study room, invite your buddies, & keep each other accountable. (2022)
Preply - Online language tutors
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Revolution Prep | SAT ACT Tutors
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360Learning - collaborative learning LMS
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Edvisor - Student Recruitment Software for international education
Edvisor is the #1 Student Recruitment Software that helps international education companies streamline the way they sell education - whether they ... (2021)
Khan Academy - SAT Practice
Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Academy is... (2021)
Big History - Curriculum - OER Open Education Resources
years of history. free. online. awesome. Teach a mind-blowing history course that harnesses your students' natural curiosity about our world. ... (2021)
Schoolhouse.world - free tutoring platform from Khan Academy
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Maven - cohort based courses
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On Deck: Where ambitious people grow together
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Packback - edtech discussions
Packback is an inquiry-driven online discussion pedagogy and platform which improves student motivation and critical thinking through discussion. (2021)
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altMBA
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Reforge
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Poverty, and the cost of college
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TEM 494-598 Israel Startup Nation Syllabus.pdf
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