Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom
By SARA CORBETT
Can one middle school’s approach transform education?
The New York Times Magazine
9.19.10
Dan Winters for The New York Times
Video: Games Theory
The Pen That Never Forgets
By CLIVE THOMPSON
Could a pen that records sound while you write be the key to taking good notes?
Interactive Feature: The Learning Machines
A history of classroom technology, from the writing slate to the electronic tablet.
Wiring the Classroom
Tutors Made to Measure
By MAGGIE JONES
Can race- and sex-specific online teachers close achievement gaps?
Anytime, Anywhere
By CARLO ROTELLA
Online courses have become a standard part of normal public education.
Lives
Online Curiosity Killer
By BEN GREENMAN
A dad takes steps to keep the Internet’s easy answers at bay.
Sunday Puzzles
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The Way We Live Now
Phys Ed
Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
How fitness affects the immature human brain.
On Language
Chunking
By BEN ZIMMER
How we learn languages in canned phrases, and what that means for the teaching of English.
Does the Digital Classroom Enfeeble the Mind?
By JARON LANIER
If machines are to improve teaching, we must recognize their limits — and our own capacity for magic.
Questions for Arne Duncan
The School of Hard Drives
Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON
The secretary of education talks about the need for computers in the classroom.
From the Archive
The 2009 Education Issue
Coming out in middle school, the inner-city prep school experience and more.
What's Your Signature Potluck Dish?
Submit your favorite recipe with a photo. The best entries will be tested and published as part of a community-themed food issue of The New York Times Magazine.
Rewards and Punishments for Kids
September 16, 2010
When Autistic Children Become Adults
September 15, 2010
Deciding Not to Screen for Down Syndrome
September 14, 2010
