MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too.

Room to Read believes that World Change Starts with Educated Children. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education that enables them to reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world.

Given a measly salary and very dilapidated living conditions, how many people would even care to go and teach in rural areas? And for how long? This is a problem as long as we view a teacher as someone separate from the student. Convert the student into a teacher and conversely, and you do not have a single point of failure.