[Photo by darkmatter] At the beginning of this year, I released five predictions for global education in 2008. How did I do? It’s a mixed bag, ranging from being completely off to spot on… with some surprises, too! Prediction #1: Largely driven by the moderate success of OLPC, Linux will emerge as the platform of [...]

Even in a week packed with all kinds of dire predictions about the economy, it was hard to ignore this headline: Kids Less Likely To Graduate Than Parents. (See the AP story here) According to the report by the Education Trust, more than one in four high school students in the US drop out before [...]