Teaching & Learning
Education propels change. Stay up to date on the latest educational developments near you and around the world from preschool to post-grad. Here, you'll find out why equitable quality education is essential for fostering healthy and resilient societies.
How an 11-year-old from Illinois helped create a bill to protect pollinators
After learning that bees in her neighborhood were being wiped out by mosquito pesticides, 11-year-old Illinois resident Scarlett Harper didn’t hesitate to take action by launching a campaign to save them. Not afraid of bees or asking lawmakers to support a bill protecting the vital pollinators, Read More...
7 Strategies to make this back-to-school season more joyful for kids
This back-to-school season is a tough one to navigate. Even before Covid-19 restrictions were in place, kids were already dealing with the complexities of social media, extracurriculars, competitive schooling, and the overwhelming pressure to excel and fit in. This year, instead of striving for a Read More...
This nonprofit trains patients' families to become expert caregivers
In India, it is common for some family members to take time off (sometimes weeks) to accompany and support a hospitalized relative, especially if they are moved to another city for treatment. However, these family members’ tasks are limited to making pharmacy runs to purchase medicine and Read More...
8 Instagrammers breaking stereotypes about men's health and masculinity
When it comes to men’s health, a lot of the talk around it has to do with image and strength: How chiseled are your muscles? How high is your protein intake? How much can you bench? Unfortunately, our culture of masculinity can actually have negative implications. In fact, a 2016 study found Read More...
Clinton College to provide free tuition to students this year
The pandemic has brought financial hardships upon students in the US, leaving many unable to continue their studies because of a lack of funds to pay their tuition fees. We’ve previously written about the efforts of some colleges across the US to make things easier for struggling students by Read More...
Clean Ocean Sailing strives to collect hard-to-reach plastic
Steve Green and his partner Monika Hertlová have started an ocean cleaning movement from their unique home base on the Helford River in Cornwall. The base is a 113-year-old, 55-ton former icebreaker; a boat specially designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. The pair launched Read More...
Humpback whales in Alaska still flourishing in the absence of cruise ships
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to slow down and stay put, which has certainly added stress to our lives, but for the natural world, has offered some respite from human activity. This is the case for humpback whales in Alaska, which, as we wrote about before, have been enjoying the Read More...
Why the IPCC report is so important and what to do about it
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just published a new report on global heating, which announced that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half to limit heating to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The report offers us the first major review of the science of Read More...
Deloitte to provide climate education program to all its employees
While the number of big companies setting climate targets has grown rapidly in recent years, few of them have actually made climate change literacy a priority. That, however, is not the case for Deloitte, which has recently announced that it’s rolling out a new climate change-focused training Read More...
Spain puts plows on hold in favor of regenerative agriculture
The province of Jaén in southern Spain is known for its olive production. It’s called the sea of olives, with 70 million olive trees expanding in all directions—but despite this striking scene, the land has nothing else to offer. There are no other plants, flowers, or critters scurrying about Read More...