Del Mar College Students ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ — Literally
Letty Alfaro, 23, points out features in the virtual reality home she designed during the 12-week Technical Animation and Rendering course at Del Mar College. By Michael Bratten, Del Mar College Bob Klepac is breaking down the notion that architecture means four walls and a roof. For example, he told a class on a recent summer morning at More...
India’s Unacademy Free Learning Platform Raises $1 Million
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Unacademy, a Bengaluru-based online education platform that has already raised half a million dollars in its seed round, has now received $ 1 million from Blume Ventures, Tracxn More...
New Zealand Advances Online School, Course Access
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Students in New Zealand will now be able to enroll in accredited online classes instead of attending traditional schools due to new government legislation. Any registered school, More...
Report: TV Ratings System Downplays Sex, Violence, Smoking
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new study recently published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that the TV rating system currently in place in the United States is inaccurate and does not always reflect More...
Study Using Baby Simulators Fails to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) An Australian program based on the US RealityWorks class (also known as Baby Think it Over), a pregnancy prevention program, is being administered in schools. Called the Virtual More...
Student Stabbing on Cornell Campus Rocks Ithaca
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) An Ithaca College student was killed while another was injured after being stabbed during a fight that took place on the campus of Cornell University in the early morning on More...
Oregon School District Bans Talk Shows, Rap Music on Buses
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A public school district in Oregon has received negative feedback after a memorandum was distributed stating that bus drivers could no longer listen to talk-show programs, religious More...
American Federation for Children Releases School Choice Report Card
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The American Federation for Children (AFC) and the AFC Growth Fund have published a Report Card for 2016-2017 Private School Choice Ranking in their effort to promote school More...
Rhode Island PARCC Test Results Show Slight Improvement
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Students in Rhode Island were found to have made slight improvements on state standardized tests, although achievement gaps between white students and students of color were shown More...
ACT Results Show Majority Not Prepared for College Coursework
(Photo: Creative Commons) Close to two-thirds of students across the country who graduated high school this year took the ACT college entrance exam, earning scores that suggest a majority of them are unprepared More...