Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Sesame Street creators launch new educational show to help refugee children
For decades, “Sesame Street” has been a favorite television series of both kids and adults in the US, bridging cultural and educational gaps through its adorable characters. Now, the program is looking to expand its impact by helping millions of children who have been displaced by the war in Read More...
School holds gardening classes to reconnect kids with their food
As technology and supermarkets have made buying food easier and more convenient than ever, people are increasingly losing interest in learning about crops, food production, and healthy eating. Now, to reconnect children with food and promote healthy learning, some school districts have integrated Read More...
If we truly want to 'correct' prisoners, then prison education is a must
The problem with America’s prisons is that although they are called “correctional facilities”, prisons are really just a place where criminals are punished. This is reflected in America’s absurdly high recidivism rates: people released from state prisons have a five-year recidivism rate of Read More...
40 fantastic photos from last weekend's fourth annual Women's March
This past Saturday marked the fourth annual Women’s March and nowhere was the march bigger than in Washington DC. In the nation's capital, an estimated 10,000 protesters gathered in solidarity over women’s rights and voter empowerment. Marchers traveled from all around the country to Read More...
New study finds reconnecting with nature can trigger ‘greener’ behavior
Yesterday we published a story about a new study that found that people’s climate change beliefs change for the better when they witness their neighbor’s installing solar panels. Today, we present you with a similar type of study coming out of England, which looked at the link between exposure Read More...
Half of the UK’s universities are now committed to divesting from fossil fuels
For years, we’ve seen environmental groups and students urge universities to divest from dirty fossil fuels. Finally, it seems those efforts are paying off. A total of seventy-eight of the UK’s 154 public universities have jumped onto the divestment bandwagon, either divesting or pledging to Read More...
To mark its anniversary, NY Library released a list of its most loaned out books
Do you ever read a library book and wonder who devoured its pages before you? The age of stamped check out dates in the front of library books may be coming to an end, but the New York Public Library wants readers to know it has not forgotten the meandering path of shared books. For its 125th Read More...
Schools in New Zealand offer new climate change curriculum for school kids
With climate change being among today’s most prominent topics on social media, kids these days get most of the information about the crisis from the internet, which is typically overflowed with distressing environmental news. This can not only give them a sense of powerlessness but also have an Read More...
The surprising connection between air filters and academic performance
Installing air filters in classrooms is not only good for students’ lungs, according to new research, it's good for their brains too. A study by New York University's Michael Gilraine found that putting $700 commercially available air filters in classrooms improves student performance, adding Read More...
This program uses rock climbing to help new refugees adapt to life in America
Every Wednesday, about a dozen children, meet up at Vertical World, an indoor rock-climbing gym in Seattle. A few weeks prior, they were living in places like Africa, India, or Afghanistan. Now, as refugees in America, new to the country and often even the English language, Stone Masters, a program Read More...