Education

MELBOURNE -- Wish someone had taught you how to be confident or how to find a job you love? Melburnians are picking up some life lessons and new skills as part of a trend in "altucation."

4 | May 15, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Silicon Valley vendor takes the big data skills challenge to the university level.

1 | April 22, 2013 6:47pm | By Joe McKendrick

MEXICO CITY -- A new constitutional reform aims to hone in on the quality of teaching, to the applause of the business leaders.

3 | March 13, 2013 2:05am | By Lauren Villagran

Agarwal heads up Harvard and MIT's joint online learning platform, edX. He spoke with us about massive open online courses (MOOCs) in general and edX in particular.

3 | September 3, 2012 2:35am | By Molly Petrilla

Student loan defaults in the United States are now at a record high and recent graduates are on average accumulating more debt than ever.

37 | May 23, 2013 7:58pm | By David Worthington

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about technology's place within education.

1 | January 30, 2013 12:41am | By Charlie Osborne

A compelling motion graphic helped make education policy history when a local non-governmental organization settled out of court with the Department of Basic Education to spell out standards for...

November 27, 2012 3:18am | By Dave Mayers

TeachAIDS uses carefully developed software to overcome cultural stigmas and bring competent HIV education to the masses

January 14, 2013 1:40am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Are India's entrepreneurial doctors creating models, or at least inspiration, for India's future education start-ups?

2 | March 26, 2013 12:05pm | By Reena Jana

New York and Seattle are in a classic East Coast vs West Coast battle to become the next hotbed for educating data scientists.

April 19, 2013 9:16am | By Kirsten Korosec

With support from the world's most prestigious universities, free online courses open to the masses are changing the meaning of "higher education."

7 | August 14, 2012 3:00am | By Matthew Malone

How successful companies look beyond the resume to find employees who have that extra dose of passion along with their educational or technical credentials.

6 | April 16, 2013 7:54am | By Joe McKendrick

College tuition is rising faster than most people can keep up, especially those in developing countries. Enter the University of the People, touted as the first tuition-free, online university.

2 | September 10, 2012 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Foreign investors are playing a larger role in the U.S. shale industry. They're willing to pay cash upfront in exchange for a stake in shale plays and a little education.

2 | April 8, 2013 2:32pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Michelle Rhee sparked lots of emotional fires as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., school system. Now the firebrand is taking her education ideas to a national level.

9 | November 29, 2012 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Higher education in the United States may need to dramatically change its business model and finally embrace the new era of online learning.

13 | July 26, 2012 6:03pm | By Christie Nicholson

Initiatives from Open Educational Resources proponents, and now publishers themselves, may mean more course content from low or no-cost online resources.

11 | December 26, 2012 9:15am | By Joe McKendrick

MEXICO CITY -- As the government promises to open up markets long dominated by one or two companies, investors are showing optimism for Mexico's economy. But can competition crush the monopolies?

9 | May 8, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

As certain types of education move online and a handful of teachers become online education stars, will we need fewer teachers altogether?

3 | October 23, 2012 8:59pm | By Laura Shin

Now you can take massive-online classes and get a real degree.

4 | May 16, 2013 12:34pm | By Tyler Falk