Nikhil Goyal

Nikhil Goyal is a 16-year-old student. He is the author of All Hands on Deck: Why America Needs a Learning Revolution to be published in the fall. He has been featured in the New York Times, NBC, Seth Godin, Huffington Post, and Edutopia. In addition, he is an international speaker and is starting a Learning Revolution movement to shake up the American education system. His email is: ngoyal2013@gmail.com

Nikhil Goyal has written 4 posts for Cooperative Catalyst

The Future Belongs to the Dreamers

Posted by Nikhil Goyal ⋅ May 28, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment

Nikhil Goyal is a 16-year-old student. He is the author of All Hands on Deck: Why America Needs a Learning Revolution to be published in the fall. He has been featured in the New York Times, NBC, Seth Godin, Huffington Post, and Edutopia. This article is reprinted with the permission of KidSpirit Online, an award-winning … Continue reading »

Will the Real Students Please Stand Up?

Posted by Nikhil Goyal ⋅ March 26, 2012 ⋅ 4 Comments

“This article comes to us from Education Nation’s The Learning Curve blog.” In the education reform conversation, we have heard from educators, parents, administrators, and policymakers, but we are missing the most authentic, indispensable voice – the student. It troubles me that the people most affected by the actions made by policymakers have absolutely no say in the decision-making … Continue reading »

Politicians, Get Your Act Together!

Posted by Nikhil Goyal ⋅ December 21, 2011 ⋅ 8 Comments

A little more than a month ago, a deal was reached over the length of the school day between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s school board. We can only pray the real winners are Chicago’s schoolchildren. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Under the agreement, the Chicago Public Schools won’t ask additional … Continue reading »

Bring on the Learning Revolution!

Posted by Nikhil Goyal ⋅ November 17, 2011 ⋅ 10 Comments

Today’s American classrooms appear oddly similar to the classrooms at the turn of the 20th century. Rows of wooden desks, chalkboards, and a teacher commanding the room, clog the space. Folks, this is your great-great-great-great grandfather’s classroom. The American education system sucks. We currently educate under a 19th century model of education, shaped in the … Continue reading »