In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.

Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer.

People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that?

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

There are places on Earth, in every country, where, for various reasons, good schools cannot be built and good teachers cannot or do not want to go.