BLOG: Education Week

The next big idea in "education reform" is online instruction and cyber charters. I know that teachers are doing wonderful, creative activities with technology, and there is... no doubt that technology can bring history, science, and other studies to life in vivid ways. But there is a cloud on the horizon, and that is the growth of the for-profit cyber charters. I confess that it troubles me to think of children sitting at home, day after day, with no opportunity for discussion and debate, no interaction with their peers, no face-to-face encounters with a real teacher. Learn More

BLOG: New Education

Oftentimes the challenges of the world � poverty, disease, and environmental degradation among others � are put in sharp contrast to the inspiring potential of the next generation. And it is true. Here at Educate! we see students across Uganda start initiatives with great potential everyday. As a result it becomes quite easy to imagine the large scale, systemic change the next generation will bring throughout their lifetimes. Ultimately, isn�t that exactly what we need, not just in the developing world, but everywhere... Learn More

BLOG: iOnPoverty

Jonathan C. Lewis is the founder of several successful social enterprises, including iOnPoverty, the Opportunity Collaboration and MicroCredit Enterprises. Jonathan also lectures at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California, Berkeley and blogs weekly for the Huffington Post and the Skoll Foundation's Social Edge. He is a frequent public speaker on economic development issues, social entrepreneurship and social change, and is a recipient of the Social Venture Network Innovation Award. Learn More

ARTICLES: Steve Coll

Steve Coll is president of New America Foundation, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. Previously he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post, serving as the paper�s managing editor from 1998 to 2004. He is the author of seven books including The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of AT&T (1986);The Taking of Getty Oil (1987); Eagle on the Street, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the SEC�s battle with Wall Street... Read More