By rescuing student work from the trash, backpacks, and filing cabinets, and putting it squarely into focus, the Three Ring app makes it easier to foster a sense of ownership that helps students learn.

The latest stories from the bleeding edge of education thinking.

Want to join the edtech revolution? First you've got to learn to talk the talk.

Putting the power of online video into the hands of teachers.

EdSurge--a weekly handbook for the "edsurgents" of the digital education revolution--is sharing notable news with Fast Company every week.

Kids who fail to connect scholastic achievement with professional opportunities are more likely to grow disinterested in more-demanding schoolwork and goal setting. Qykno Labs founder Kalimah Priforce seeks to bring professional mentorship and career-exploration gaming to the classroom.

Ben Lang got the entrepreneurial bug at only 14 years old when he sold his grandfather's camera on Ebay. His latest venture is a social-learning solution for high-school kids looking to crib and compare class notes with their peers.

UPDATE:

Wow. I really stepped in it. I got a very kind note from Gagan Biyani this morning, which I will quote here:

"Hey man - just a quick tip. I'm from Berkeley - not Stanford. Its almost heretical to imply the latter :)"

Noted, and corrected. Biyani graduated from Berkeley.

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We're about to see a wave of disruptive online learning environments ranging from K-12 education all the way up through higher ed.

I had a conversation tonight with Richard Colvin, Executive Director at Education Sector, asking him what he was hearing at the #NSVFSummit, the Lollapalooza of the education reform set, and how it related to the 21st Century education and work worlds.

I ask Tim Brady of ImagineK12, he Y-Incubator of the education industry, three simple questions about ed-tech startups.