by Sarah Green | Mar 14, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Twenty years ago, “alternative education” wasn’t the behemoth it has become today. With politics, economics, and contemporary education reform tangled into one giant mess in 2014, primary education as we know it has certainly taken a new shape in the twenty-first...
by Sarah Green | Mar 12, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Is your phone losing power? Take a walk with it. Georgia Tech researchers have built a device that charges your phone based on your body movement. The four layer disc puts everything into place: the rotating top layer, made of copper, sends out positive charges past...
by Sarah Green | Mar 10, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Sixth, seventh and eighth-graders will be getting a modern update to English Language Arts education – a catalogue of digital curriculum featuring e-books, dramatic readings, story animations and role-playing games will be hitting classrooms the 2014-2015 school year....
by Sarah Green | Mar 5, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Amplify is a relatively new player in the digital education movement, already serving more than 3 million students and 200,000 educators in all 50 states. Amplify is hoping to close the gap in achievement between America and the rest of the world by strengthening...
by Sarah Green | Mar 3, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Welcome to high school – in the third grade. Elementary schools across America are turning to specialized classes after second grade (and in some schools, kindergarten) to increase time spent on subjects like math and reading. Departmentalizing classes, also known as...
