Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
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...
2019 was the best year so far for humanity
If you’re feeling low about the state of the world, consider this: In the long arc of human history, 2019 has been the best year ever. As Nicholas Kristof from The New York Times highlights, since modern humans emerged about 200,000 years ago, 2019 was probably the year in which children were Read More...
Finland offers to the world its online AI crash course as a Christmas
Last year, Finland launched a free online crash course in artificial intelligence with the aim of educating its citizens about the new technology. Now, as a Christmas present to the world, the Nordic country is making the six weeks program available for anyone to take. Led by the world’s Read More...
You must see this powerful image of black med students at a former plantation
"I don't think as a kid I ever saw a minority physician.” These are the words of Russel J. Ledet, a second-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine. Ledet is an African American, and like many of his peers, he grew up in a community where he rarely saw black people in Read More...
Why more parents are enrolling their kids in nature-based education
According to a new in-depth study, addiction to digital technologies is causing numerous forms of health problems for children—including more social isolation, lack of physical development, and decreased vitamin D because of light exposure, which causes premature thinning of the neocortex. Read More...
OPTIMIST VIEW: Circles of Compassion, an exclusive look at The Way of the Rose
“We as a species have got to learn how to surrender to the miraculous and the magical.” - Perdita Finn INTERVIEW By Kristy Jansen I was raised by parents who had rejected their childhood faiths long before I was born, so I never did receive much in the way of religious education. If Read More...
New study says playing sports boosts your brain’s ability to process information
The beauty of playing a sport is that it can remove you from the more regular emotions you usually feel throughout the day and bring you into a state of focus and adrenaline-fueled excitement—especially when a sporting event reaches a crucial moment. According to a new study from Northwestern Read More...