Sugata Mitra hopes to transform the future of learning
TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingEducation
TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingEducation
Trayvon Martin: One Year Later, Justice Remains Elusive
A trial may bring some peace to a grieving family, but will it help us deal with the toxic social issues that led to the tragedy?
How Not to Compromise
What Americans need now is not compromise for its own sake; it’s smarter compromise based on finding the real middle in negotiations
Will the Supreme Court Open the Door to Voter Discrimination?
In Shelby v. Holder, conservatives justices may seize an opportunity to scale back the Voting Rights Act, a 1965 law safeguarding Americans from discrimination at the ballot box
Top Opinions of the Week
TIME Ideas rounds up the most thought-provoking posts to hit the web
Brilliant: The Science of SmartPsychology
Can Tough Competition Hinder Academic Performance?
A new book on the science of winning and losing explores the benefits of competition–and the dangers of pushing students too far
Politics
Upward Mobility
Obama’s plan to expand pre-K education is a step in a long catch-up game
Confessions of a Black Woman Who Loves HBO’s Girls
Racially homogenous casts are common on TV; shows that honestly and artfully depict the struggles of womanhood are not
The Promise of More: Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage
President Obama’s proposal to index minimum wage to inflation would be good for America’s economy — and its hardest workers
In Defense of Hilary Mantel: Royalty, Fashion and Fertility in the Public Eye
Mantel’s widely criticized essay “Royal Bodies” is less about actual royals than the way they’ve been presented to us
Politics
Obama Can’t Kick His Legacy Down the Road
The once “unthinkable” budget cuts are now likely, a sign of even greater dysfunction in Washington
The Catch-22 of Obama’s Preschool Plan
There’s no reason to believe President Obama’s laudable proposal won’t inflict a high-stakes testing climate on young kids who aren’t ready for it.
Is It a Crime to Plant a Seed?
In a case reaching the Supreme Court, Monsanto fights a farmer to protect a seed’s progeny