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I’ve always had an interest in education.  I grew up with a mother who was a high school math teacher and is now an elementary school counselor.  Her father was a professor at University of Kentucky, Tulane University, and University of Georgia.  My aunt has been a teacher for as long as I’ve been alive.  And obviously there was my summer internship at Flat World Knowledge where I got to work with a company that is designing open-source college textbooks.  There’s a lot of history to explain why I’m so close to it.

Lately, however, I seem to be spending even more time thinking about the education system and ways to change it.  I’ve also been reading a lot more articles that have been linked to me about schools and students and the challenges they face.  Here’s a collection of some in case you’re interested:

A Peek at Apple’s Plans to Re-invent Textbooks (Gizmodo)
Apple iPad vs. Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education (PC World)
5 Reasons Why the iPad Won’t Change Higher Education (PC World)
Annual Poll of Freshmen Shows Effect of Recession (NY Times)
Open Educational Resources (Opensource.com)
CC Salon NYC: Opening Education (Creative Commons)
An Educational Extinction Event (Dr. Dick Lipton, GT Professor)
Free Education Can Be Profitable (The corridor of uncertainty)
Universities Find Free Classes Don’t Hurt Enrollment (Ars Technica)

Whew, that’s a lot.

I’m not really sure if I’ve been actively searching these out more, or if it just so happens that more are showing up in front of me.  I’m also not sure if it really matters since I end up reading them all anyway.  Whatever the cause, I find myself pushing a lot more in that direction so maybe I’ve finally picked an industry to work with.