by Sarah Green | Aug 4, 2015 | News, Student Issues
The ability to ask questions is a vital part of a child’s education. But it’s not a skill that’s well taught, and not one taught early enough. It’s also painfully easy to discourage a child from asking at all. Over-strict teachers who dislike...
by Sarah Green | Aug 3, 2015 | News, Teacher Issues
One of the largest defining differences between the countries popularly called ‘industrial’ or ‘modern’ and those called ‘developing’ is education. Most governments worldwide provide universal primary education, but the existence of...
by Sarah Green | Jul 29, 2015 | News
In the 1990s, crime rates dropped significantly, but media coverage of violent crime increased. As shootings, terrorism, and school violence appeared more and more in the news, people began to demand increased vigilance from teachers and administrators. The result was...
by Sarah Green | Jul 24, 2015 | News
Educating people about personal well-being is important, especially for those who are studying to work at an incredibly demanding or stressful job. With that in mind, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business Center for Professional and Executive...
by Sarah Green | Jul 24, 2015 | News, Student Issues
Is it possible to predict a student’s college GPA using modern technology? According to a professor at Dartmouth, it is! The app is called SmartGPA and uses a smartphone’s ability to sense a person’s activity and passively measure the kind of behavior that affects...
