Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Something’s up in the world of education. Gradually, the internet is having its transformative impact. Salman Khan showed us what is possible using the internet to teach. Major universities are placing their courseware and lectures online. And an in increasing number of online marketplaces are connected learners and teachers on any conceivable topic. One such
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Social entrepreneur Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAIDS, an interdisciplinary effort to create free and culturally-appropriate health education materials that is currently being used in 50+ countries. She began the research for TeachAIDS in...
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Johannes Kraus is the founder and director of Kurus English, a language school with a difference. Based in the beautiful city of Cape Town in South Africa, Kurus teaches English to international students and organizes ‘language excursions’...
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Australians Kate and Clint Miller organize educational travel adventures for young people to unique destinations throughout Asia Pacific. In this Cool Entrepreneurs post we show a few snapshots of their most recent program in Timor Leste. This...
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Pieter Spinder is tribe leader and initiator of Knowmads, an entrepreneurial school in Amsterdam. At Knowmads, students aren’t exactly taught anything in the traditional sense of the world. Instead, they’re asked to form a company and get to work. The...