To borrow from Papa John’s popular pizza advertising tagline: Better Thinking, Better Company. Unfortunately, strong thinking skills are far from universal: in fact, by one report, only 28% of college graduates have “excellent” critical thinking skills. To help, we built Think-O-Meter. This new app is designed for Apple’s incredibly popular iPhone and iPod touch, works...

Written By Janice Witherspoon Neuleib A few days ago I had a chat with my sixteen-year-old grandson. He goes to a good high school in the East where he had just taken the SAT. I asked how it had gone, and he said the essay question was the pits. The question asked about the value...

The American Council on Education (ACE) and Pearson announced the creation of a ground-breaking new business that will drive the future direction, design, and delivery of the GED® testing program. Building on the goals of the GED 21st Century Initiative, the two partners will combine their collective expertise and resources to develop a new GED...

IBM recently asked 1,500 CEOs which leadership competency they value most. Survey said: creativity. Surprised? Don’t be. As these CEOs pointed out, creativity is inextricably linked to innovation. And in an era of accelerating volatility and complexity, innovation is the “holy grail.” Like most grails, innovation and creativity can be elusive. But there seems to...

The pedagogical value of virtual worlds is firmly grounded in learning theory. Virtual worlds support constructionist and goal-based learning, lend themselves to proven scaffolding techniques, and offer incomparable opportunities for social learning. Many learning professionals are familiar with Seymour Papert’s constructionist theory: learning is more effective when it incorporates construction of a meaningful product. Virtual...