by Sarah Green | Mar 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Skepticism surrounding the Common Core Curriculum has grown in the past few months, but no state had decided to forgo the curriculum and pull out of the program – until now. Last month the Indiana State Senate voted 36-12 to advance a bill that would void all Common...
by Sarah Green | Mar 26, 2014 | Profiles
Ramona Pierson is the co-founder and CEO of Declara, a technology platform that uses algorithms and mathematics to develop specific, individualized learning paths for adults and organizations. After spending 18 months in a coma, Pierson decided to take education to a...
by Sarah Green | Mar 24, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In what is considered a surprise move by legislation, the New York State Senate voted against a bill on March 17th, which would have allowed state funding for tuition aid for undocumented immigrants. The Republican-controlled Senate failed to pass the measure, even...
by Sarah Green | Mar 21, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It’s the test that everyone takes when applying to graduate school: the Graduate Record Examination, also known as the G.R.E. While the number of test takers is growing among American students, it’s growing exponentially in other parts of the world, particularly...
by Sarah Green | Mar 19, 2014 | Profiles
United Planet is an international non-profit bridging the gap between countries (first and third world), cultures and communities through education and philanthropy. Its Teach Abroad Quests program provides global education and development for underprivileged kids and...
by Sarah Green | Mar 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
For eight of the nine specialized high schools in New York, admittance for minorities is at a damaging low. Seven African-American students were accepted into the prestigious Stuyvesant High School’s freshman class for the upcoming school year, along with 21...
by Sarah Green | Mar 14, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
President Obama announced Tuesday that his administration’s 2015 budget proposal will include an increase of $1.3 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Education. The President is asking to expand early education, strengthen teacher support and...
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....
