by Sarah Green | Jul 6, 2016 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
Keeping kids active and healthy is a concern around the world. Obesity is a common issue that can lead to a variety of medical problems for people of all ages, and for some time now, educators and administrators have been looking for ways to get kids moving, with...
by Sarah Green | Jun 27, 2016 | News, Other
Last week, the United States Supreme Court decided that it would uphold the affirmative action program at the University of Texas, which was recently challenged in a court case. The 4-3 decision certainly helps make the educational community feel more relaxed, as...
by Sarah Green | Jun 24, 2016 | Student Issues
College students studying business are busy all of the time. Each week is filled with classes, seminars, more studying. Many of them are also working on their own startup businesses in their spare time. A demanding schedule is required if you’re interested in a...
by Sarah Green | Jun 22, 2016 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Video games have long caught flak from educators, but in recent years, there have been a lot of people talking about how video games could change education. There have been numerous attempts to “gamify” education by making certain aspects feel more like video games,...
by Sarah Green | Jun 21, 2016 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Marley Dias is only eleven, but she’s noticed something that slips right by many adults. Something about the books she reads for school. They’re not about her. She loves to read, but even at the age of ten, she was tired of reading books about white boys,...
by Sarah Green | Jun 21, 2016 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
Summer break is here! That means it’s time to bring the classroom home and keep young minds active for the next few months. Here’s a quick scientific activity to spark curiosity and discussion in your own kitchen. This is a good one for kids around fifth...
by Sarah Green | Jun 19, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Thanks to research by scientists at INSERM in France, we now have a much better idea of why humans and our primate cousins are so capable of learning new behaviors that evolution couldn’t have prepared us for. Things like driving cars, writing code, or sitting in a...
by Sarah Green | Jun 17, 2016 | Student Issues
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has blazed a trail in online business education. They were the first business school to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in 2013. To date, more than 2.7 million students from around the globe have enrolled in...
by Sarah Green | Jun 14, 2016 | News, Teacher Issues
Back in mid-May, teacher Todd Friedman’s disciplinary action hit the news because of what it was regarding: He bought 102 copies of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for his AP students out of his own pocket and sold them to students for $2 a piece, less than he...
by Sarah Green | Jun 13, 2016 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
Summer break is coming, which means it’s time to bring the classroom home and keep young minds active for the next few months. Here’s a quick scientific activity to spark curiosity and discussion in your own kitchen! Candy Chromatography This is a simple...
