Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Sale of world’s largest painting reaps $62 million for charity
The world officially has a new “largest painting” and the whopping $62 million from its sale is going to a good cause: charities for children. Sacha Jafri’s The Journey of Humanity (2020), makes the mark for the world’s largest painting, certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, Read More...
Plywood that once boarded up Minneapolis finds new life as historical art
In the midst of racial justice protests last summer in response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police, many businesses in Minneapolis boarded up their windows with plywood. Now, nearly a year later, the plywood that once boarded up the city has found new life as artwork honoring Read More...
Black history courses are now mandatory in Welsh schools
Wales has recently announced that all school children in the country will have to take mandatory courses about racism and the contributions of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities to Welsh society. According to the government, the curriculum change aims to help young people Read More...
Impromptu Yo-Yo Ma performance lifts spirits at vaccination site
For the great majority, this past year was one of loneliness. It was (and continues to be) an era void of dinners out, visits to the movies, spontaneous trips, or attending concerts. Covid-19 vaccines are finally being rolled out throughout the US and the world, meaning that the light at the end of Read More...
Ryerson University’s new health education tower raises sustainability standard
Toronto’s Ryerson University has reached a new standard for sustainable campus design with its award-winning Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex. The building, designed in the hopes of achieving LEED Gold certification by global design practice Perkins and Will, is a 28-story tower comprised Read More...
Time outdoors boosted teens’ mental health during the pandemic
New research from North Carolina State University has been published, adding to the mountain of evidence that time spent outdoors is beneficial for both physical and mental health, especially during stressful situations like a global pandemic. To look at the impact time outdoors had on Read More...
This innovative school blends skills training and housing security
In Birmingham, Alabama, a new school has opened up that is teaching young men and women how to renovate homes while building generational wealth and combating blight. The school is called Build UP (Urban Prosperity) Birmingham, and it features a radically different curriculum compared to other Read More...
Meet Raya: Disney's first Southeast Asian princess
The US has long been a driving force in entertainment, media, and cultural exportation, so the responsibility of transforming how marginalized identities are represented lies largely in the hands of the major players in Hollywood and mass media companies such as Disney. With films such as Crazy Read More...
Research: The efficacy of family-based therapies for children with ADHD
The number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased dramatically over the past few decades. Common treatments include medications that regulate dopamine and norepinephrine levels in the brain, but new research from the University of Arizona indicates Read More...
Green School students spend most of their time studying outdoors
Integrating sustainability into children’s education early on is key to ensuring future generations have a thorough understanding of the relationship between humans and their natural environment. This is the philosophy behind Green School International — an unconventional approach to schooling Read More...