Title says it all.

As consumers wise up about education spending, for-profit colleges are getting schooled. Institutions such as Apollo Group Inc.'s University of Phoenix, DeVry Inc. and Washington Post Co.'s Kaplan-who only a few years ago reported double-digit student gains on a regular basis and posted hundreds of millions in profits-now are hemorrhaging students.

Article about interactive Sesame Street episodes using Kinect. This may be particularly interesting for anyone else who is also in HT500.

Results of an opinion poll commissioned by Dell comparing technology use in schools in the US, Germany, and China. There's a bit of we're-falling-behind-China hysteria here, I think, but it does highlight some opportunities. Also, Dell's Education Challenge is investing $30,000 in university student (graduate or undergraduate) projects to innovate learning in K-12 schools. Deadline is at the end of October. http://www.dellchallenge.org/k12

Interview with Stanford's first vice provost of online learning

QR codes aren't exactly cutting edge anymore but these are some interesting ways they are bridging physical and digital worlds...at least until something more elegant comes along.