by Sarah Green | Oct 10, 2014 | News, Student Issues
On Wednesday October 8th, hundreds of Philadelphia high school students from at least two high schools walked out of classes in protest of a recent cancellation of labor agreements with the teachers’ union. The cancellation occurred early Monday morning in a rushed...
by Sarah Green | Oct 8, 2014 | News, Teacher Issues
One of the benefits brought to us by digital technology is the potential to supplement traditional learning practices with visual representations. This is very advantageous for visual learners who struggle to memorize data or who have to physically see things...
by Sarah Green | Oct 6, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab, Tufts University, and Playful Invention Company have designed ScratchJr, an iPad app designed to teach the basic principles behind coding languages to very young children. ScratchJr’s main audience is students as young as 5–7 years...
by Sarah Green | Oct 3, 2014 | News, Student Issues
With college tuition fees on the rise, and the rate of unemployment still looking dismal for new grads, law school hasn’t held as much appeal in recent years as it has in years past. Student loans, the American job market, and other factors have deterred many students...
by Sarah Green | Sep 30, 2014 | News, Teacher Issues
The national controversy over history courses continues. While students in Denver protest changes to their history curriculum by a conservative-led school board, conservative activists are voicing concern about the new Advanced Placement US History (APUSH) course,...
