Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Homeless kids helped design a new school built specifically to help them excel
After listening to homeless children speak about the ideal elements they would want in a school, a non-profit in Oklahoma City has built a school specifically for those kids. The idea of the school is to help homeless kids get back up to speed so they can enter the public school system while dually Read More...
Chinese protesters come up with an innovative idea to protest against homophobia
In an act of protest against homophobia and homosexual “conversion therapies” in China, three men have come up with an innovative idea to raise awareness about the issue among the Chinese people. The protesters have sent bright red trucks with slogans denouncing the “treatment” clinics that Read More...
The online company shaking up the future of higher education
Coursera, one of the biggest educational online platforms, is on the verge of offering full-degree courses to its users at a cost much lower than that of physical universities. The company’s CEO foresees the virtual learning environment to become the most effective way for working people to Read More...
Brazil’s Natural History Museum reopens its doors in a digitalized version
You can now rediscover the collection of Brazil’s oldest natural history museum before it was ravaged by fire in September. Google’s Arts and Culture team has developed a digital version of the museum’s interior which allows you to take a virtual tour and admire the exhibits. Though a digital Read More...
The art world is slowly beginning to embrace the Blockchain technology
Sectors such as healthcare, finance, and humanitarian aid, have welcomed Blockchain technology to improve their performance overall, and now the digital ledger is making its way through the art world too. Artists, collectors, art investors, and auction houses are beginning to see the technology as Read More...
How 'Buddy Benches' are making playtime less lonely
The school playground can be a lonely place for a child if they haven't got anyone to play with. But a special type of bench is helping pupils make friends and get people talking about bigger issues Read More...
How to build a trauma-sensitive classroom where all learners feel safe
In the United States, 34 million children have had at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) -- ranging from abuse or neglect to parental incarceration or addiction. Children living in poverty are more likely to have multiple ACEs, compounding the effects of economic Read More...
‘School is very oppressive’: why home-schooling is on the rise
Every morning Ben Mumford starts his school day with maths. At the age of 10, he is already working at GCSE level, but he doesn’t always bother to get out of his pajamas in time for the Read More...
The most courageous teacher: John Taylor Gatto passes away but his work lives on
The world’s most courageous teacher, John Taylor Gatto, has passed away. John lived a life-empowering young people to teach themselves. Named the New York State Teacher of the Year twice, John was a public school teacher for 30 years who then spent another 20 years as a world-renowned speaker Read More...
How you can harness the transformative power of music
Music is so powerful that multiple selections of classical, jazz, rock, and folk music were recorded and placed aboard the Voyager 1 probe so that if it made contact with other forms of life in the galaxy, those beings might gain some insight about humanity through music. That’s because music can Read More...