by Sarah Green | Jun 11, 2015 | News, Student Issues
In Switzerland, a team of researchers is working on an education program called CoWriter, in which children help robots learn to write, and thus improve their own handwriting. The concept is simple: children are paired with a robot that wants to learn how to write a...
by Sarah Green | Jun 6, 2015 | News, Student Issues
On May 20th, 1800 students walked in the commencement ceremony for American River College’s class of 2015. Among them was Tanishq Abraham, beaming in his blue gown and mortarboard cap and a striped knit scarf. He would be taking home three associates degrees...
by Sarah Green | Jun 5, 2015 | News, Student Issues
The day she found out that she’d been accepted into a surgical residency at the University of California Riverside, Jennifer Chen got carded for her celebratory champagne toast. But she’s used to that. Chen, the youngest ever graduate from Florida...
by Sarah Green | May 29, 2015 | News, Student Issues
Suitably, the Little Free Library project started small. One man, Todd Boll, gave out a handful of little handcrafted wooden buildings, each about the size of a microwave, to his friends in 2009. Each one had a hand-painted sign advertising FREE BOOKS and that’s...
by Sarah Green | May 23, 2015 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While standardized tests aren’t fun, and some even debate the actual merit of having children take several standardized tests to measure academic success and potential, they are a necessary evil of the current academic system. Luckily, there are organizations that...
