Alejandro Paniagua

Children use a "chess dice" during a lesson at the Dezso Lemhenyi school, which uses the new "Chess Palace" teaching programme of the world's best female chess player Judit Polgar, in Budapest October 15, 2013. With names like Jumpy Horse, Boom Rook and Tiny Pawn, pieces in the Chess Palace come to life and are like close friends who guide the children through difficult school subjects. They range in size from 1 cm (under half an inch) tall to a meter (three feet) in height. Chairs, walls and carpets also sport chess motifs. The pieces, whose combinations and moves represent mathematical, linguistic or musical patterns, help children develop their skills in chess and in their school studies while making the learning process a more joyous exercise. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: SPORT CHESS EDUCATION SOCIETY) - GM1E9AO1MXV01

How innovations in teaching and learning help education leapfrog

Lauren Ziegler and Alejandro Paniagua

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Afghan children play at a day care center at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in Kabul, Afghanistan May 8, 2019. Picture taken May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC18644D3380

Learning to leapfrog

David Istance, Alejandro Paniagua, Rebecca Winthrop, and Lauren Ziegler

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Students learn how to use a video camera in a "Communicational Guerrillas" class at Fermin Toro high school in Caracas May 5, 2010. Venezuelan adolescents have joined a plan called "Communicational Guerrillas" supported by the government. Their mission is to combat private media's messages through traditional tools such as radio and television. Some groups have also chosen expressions such as graffiti with political messages. Picture taken May 5, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) - GM1E6570KXS01

Innovation in everyday teaching: No more waiting for Superman

Alejandro Paniagua

Thursday, February 8, 2018