“Outward Bound transcends individual differences and kindles within each of us a sense of community. The wilderness environment allows one’s veneers to slip away, and each person can grow through daring to risk, to care, and to share with others. As an educational forum, Outward Bound offers true learning, involving heart, mind and body, in a way that will last a lifetime.” - Kurt Hahn, Co-founder of Outward Bound As artificial intelligence transforms how young people lear

By Gil G. Noam, Harvard Medical School and PEAR One of the great limitations in educational thinking today is how nationally isolated many of our conversations remain. In the United States, for example, we often compare Massachusetts to California or New York to Texas, while paying far too little attention to the profound educational innovations happening internationally. This is unfortunate, because some of the most important developments in extended education and youth deve

By Wolfram Rollett, Professor at the University of Oldenburg Over the past two decades, Germany has undergone one of the largest educational transformations in Europe: the rapid expansion of all-day schooling. At the beginning of the 2000s, all-day schools were relatively uncommon in Germany. Today, they are a central part of the educational landscape, with millions of students participating across the country. This development represents far more than a logistical change in