July 17, 2013 — Every generation reflects on their own growing-up experiences and tries to line them up with their children’s lives and worlds. Change has sped up exponentially and the world has flattened out, competitively speaking. The knowledge economy knows no borders, and the U.S. has lagged behind the global market demand for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills.

July 10, 2013 — Flash cards, a favored and familiar learning tool for decades, continue to deliver big value at a small price. Yes, they encourage memorization, but they also develop the important skill of active recall. A January Time Magazine column highlighted findings from a report released early this year by the Association for Psychological Science. Its authors examined 10 learning tactics and rated each from high to low utility on the basis of the evidence they gathered.