Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Indeed
(Photo: AFP) By Sally Allen, author of Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers Predictably, the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the rehearsal script for the play of the same name currently running in London, generated passionate fervor not seen since, well, the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows nine More...
Australian ‘Porn Ring’ Targets Over 2,000 Female Students
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Over 2,000 images of female students from 71 schools across Australia have been traded within a pornography ring since last December. The ring is run by teenage boys and young More...
Google for Education Software Gets Updates, Improvements
(Photos: Jisc, Creative Commons) Google has launched a massive update to its Google for Education software, and now this specially-created software is better capable of assisting both students and teachers in More...
EpiPen Price Soars Over 400% in Seven Years
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) As parents get their children back in school, along with all the equipment and supplies they need for the classroom and sports, some parents are also purchasing EpiPens More...
US DoE Promotes Educational Innovation Partnerships
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The United Stated Department of Education has invited eight selected partnerships between institutions of higher education and non-traditional providers to be involved in the More...
Vanderbilt Renames Confederate Memorial Hall, Returns Donation
(Photo: SECU) Vanderbilt University has announced plans to change the controversial name of one of its buildings on campus only days before students return for the start of the fall semester. Vanderbilt changed More...
Cleveland Teachers Set to Strike on September 1
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Public school teachers throughout Cleveland have announced plans to strike on September 1 unless a new contract can be arranged between the Cleveland Teachers Union and the district. Three More...
Arizona Board of Ed President Asked to Resign by Gov Ducey
(Photo: Mike Barcia, Arizona School Boards Association) Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, who is about to make new board appointments, believed that pressuring Greg Miller to leave as president of the state Board of More...
China Moving Up Global Education Innovation Rankings
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Investment in innovation on a global scale has not yet recovered to levels seen before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2009. Despite this, the first middle-income country More...
Ourly.help Lets Parents Pay Kids for Completing Chores
(Photo: Public Domain, Creative Commons) A new smartphone service called Ourly.help has launched that pays kids to do chores. Parents can assign chores for the children to do and pay them an allowance when More...