A journalist by trade, Lenore spent 14 years at The New York Daily News as a reporter-turned-opinion columnist, and two more at The New York Sun. In 2008, after her column "Why I Let My 9 Year Old Ride the Subway Alone" landed her on...

David Perkins is the Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Professor of Teaching and Learning, Emeritus, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has conducted long-term programs of research and development in the areas of teaching and...

Michael A. Pope works in Department of Defense schools for military families. He is a middle school educator at Zama Middle High School, Yamato, Japan, with multiple certification in middle school Science, History, Mathematics, Gifted...

Cara Kilgallen earned her B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College in 2001, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University in 2010.Cara is a professor at Sacred Heart University in the department of Languages and Literatures. Her...

Bill is a seasoned consultant with more than 25 years experience as an academic, clinician, senior line manager and consultant / coach. He has been assessing individuals since 1983, delivering organizational consulting and coaching since...

Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October 1991. Prior to forming his own firm, Mr. Dilenschneider served as president and chief executive officer of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. He has counseled...

Rebekah Modrak is a writer and interventionist artist whose artworks resist consumer culture. Re Made Co. (remadeco.org) poses as an online “company” to recreate actual company Best Made Co. (seller of $350 luxury hand-painted axes) by...

Dr. Leonard A. Cole is an expert on bioterrorism and on terror medicine. He is an adjunct professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (Emergency Medicine) and at Rutgers University-Newark (Political Science). At the medical school he...

Judith Ruskay Rabinor, PhD, is a clinician, author, writing coach, speaker, and workshop leader. In addition to her New York City private psychotherapy practice, she offers remote consultations for writers, clinicians and families. She...

Georgia Maneta is a primary school teacher of English at the 2nd Primary School Mileon - Kalon Neron, Greece, oral assessor of English for the State certificate, a volunteer at YFU (Youth For Understanding) and a Member of the Matrix...

This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for lower-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of elementary school. The subtitles are included at the bottom of...

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2009 Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-the nation's highest honor for performance excellence and innovation-on December 16, 2010. He applauds five recipients, Honeywell...

Sasha Barab is a Professor in the Teachers College at Arizona State University , where he co-founded and serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Games and Impact . Dr. Barab is an internationally recognized Learning...

In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore negative thoughts, robotic fish, sensitive alligators and finally the discovery...

Parry Aftab was one of the first cyberlawyers in the world. Known for her ability to “think outside of the box,” she quickly became a leader in the emerging field of Internet law and helped establish best practice standards for the...

Joanna Goode is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Oregon. She earned a Ph.D., in Education Division of Urban Schooling at UCLA in 2004.Joanna Goode’s research examines issues of access and equity for...

Satyam Mishra is a maths teacher from Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, determined to change the way children look at the world through his pedagogy. He first got the teaching bug at age seven when he taught his 72-year-old grandmother to read...

Željana is a former refugee and now teaches in the rural community. She could never get back to her hometown, but her experiences inspired her to develop a new type of school tailored for a child of the 21st century. In her first big...

Susannah Richards, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at Eastern Connecticut State University where she teaches courses in English Language Arts and Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She earned a PhD in Educational...

Tamar Lolishvili is from Georgia, Tbilisi. She is an English teacher and international project manager at Gymnasium AIA - GESS. She has been collaborating with educators, peace promoters worldwide to sharpen awareness about the...

Rozanna Lilley grew up in South Perth, the youngest of five children. Her parents – Dorothy Hewett and Merv Lilley – were both left wing radicals and writers. They moved to Sydney in Lilley’s last year of primary school. After school,...

Karla Lizette Soto is originally from Veracruz, Mexico. She teaches English at the Helen Doron Training Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Pushcart prize winning poet, translator and professor Ravi Shankar has published, edited or has forthcoming over 15 books, including the Muse India award-winning translations of 9th century Tamil poet/saint, Andal, 'The Autobiography of...

Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born poet, translator, and educator. Her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at The Anderson Center, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale, and a Robert Pinsky Global...