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The Great American Teach-Off 2012: We Have a Winner!

The Great American Teach-Off Round 2 has come to an end. Find out which inspiring teacher received the $10,000 classroom grant.

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The Great American Teach-Off Round 2: Cast Your Vote, Six Teachers Remain

The Great American Teach-Off is entering it's third week of voting, with six teachers remaining. Cast your vote now.

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Do Students Understand the Material? A New App Helps Teachers Know For Sure

GoSoapBox allows students to ask questions, vote up questions posed by their classmates, participate in discussions, or express confusion.

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What Does Teaching Creativity Look Like?

Our standardized approach to education has a siloed understanding of what it means to be creative. Here's what schools should be teaching instead.

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Harvard Looks Beyond Lectures to Keep Students Engaged

If the school's new effort is a success, the days of bored students checking Facebook during lectures could be over.

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The Super-Connected Classroom: Experiments in Ingenuity From the Ground Up

Use of on-the-ground education technology is exploding across the country.

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Why Creative Teaching is Essential For the Information Age

Abandoning a narrow, one-size-fits all approach to teaching would help students develop the curiosity they need to become innovators of the future.

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@GOOD Asks: What Will Education Be Like in 100 Years? The Community Answers

Yesterday on Twitter and Facebook we asked our friends: What will education be like in 100 years? Liz Dwyer expands on the future of education...

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Is Education Reform Effective? Depends on the Definition.

Too many education solutions fall apart when you step back and ask some tough questions.

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Teachers to Take Center Stage at NBC's Upcoming Education Nation Summit

The event will focus on solutions and the daily lives of American teachers.

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Are "Teacherpreneurs" the Future of Education?

A new book, "Teaching 2030," believes educators need to become entrepreneurially minded leaders.

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Dubai Student Designs Mobile Prenatal Care Device

This 20-year-old Dubai student's new mobile device could make childbirth much safer in developing countries.

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Good News! Teachers Say Technology Is Helping Students Learn

A new survey shows record numbers of teachers are using media and technology, and it's having a positive impact on kids.

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The Google Teacher Academy Helps Teachers Bring Tech Innovations Into the Classroom

Google's Academy is training teachers to use new technology in education. It's a model that more tech companies would be smart to copy.

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Research Proves College Lectures Need to Go the Way of the Dinosaur

A recent experiment proves what we all know: Talking at college students is a terrible way of teaching.

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Lights, Camera, Action: Los Angeles Parents Film PSA About the School Funding Crisis

Parents at Melrose Avenue Elementary pooled their entertainment industry talents to create a video that drives home a point: Schools need money.