Diane Ravitch has a gift this holiday season that I hope innovative educators and parents will reject.   Here it is: "This articl...

Hurricane Katrina brought rise to charter schools in New Orleans and it looks like Superstorm Sandy is bringing rise to online learning ...

I’ve been critical of the "Generation Debt"-producing “College for All” mantra in pieces like The College Myth: Why College isn...

College grads are having a hard time getting jobs these days.   Anthony Cody recently explained to us that the failure of schools is not t...

When the conversation of online learning comes up a big concern is the lack of face-to-face interaction. I recently read an article about...

Want to learn more? Read this introductory guide to online learning terms.

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning puts out many publications.  Here is a list of some of their more recent publications...

Editor's note: This is part 2 in a look at effective online learning communities. Find out what it takes to be an effective community le...

In her recent interview for the  USDOE-supported Connected Educators site, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach author of The Connected Educator explains, ...

I learned nothing in school that was meaningful to me or that I used for success in life. All that just-in-case stuff was a 12-year-senten...

Guest post by Jared Cosulich I’d like my daughter to have the opportunity to spend as much time as possible doing projects and producing...

Kids love having the opportunity to learn online but it’s not merely the medium or the technology that students enjoy. At the recent iNac...

More and more students are taking Internet-based courses. Many offer a wide variety of online options for students who have special needs...

At  Peer 2 Peer University a study group gathers people who work together to learn a particular topic by completing tasks, assessing indi...

Here on The Innovative Educator blog, I’ve been excited about the implications of online learning in general and OER  (Open Ed Resource) in...

When you think of online learning, thoughts of high school kids, like those who shared 10 Reasons Students Say They Prefer Learning Online,...

As technology becomes more ubiquitous the reality that people don’t have to go to places to learn has increasingly become clear and is gai...

In an effort to bridge the digital divide and bring equity and access to children across New York City, a partnership has been forged betw...

Recently I participated in a conversation on an unschooling discussion board and learned from one of the members that her son takes MIT'...

Bill Gates says tech is the key to bring college costs down as it lessens the importance of “place-based” learning. He shares that “Five yea...