Facebook Partnership Advocates Personalized Learning in US Schools
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Facebook and Summit Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school network, have announced a joint free student-directed learning system entering 120 schools nationwide this fall. The innovative learning management system, called the Summit Personalized Learning Platform, gives the students the opportunity to select More...
Most Millennials Don’t Believe They Can Accumulate $1 Million
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A new survey from Wells Fargo suggests that close to two-thirds of millennials believe that throughout their entire lifetime, they will never accumulate $ 1 million in savings. The More...
Girls Are ‘Morning People,’ Outperform Boys Early, Study Says
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A study performed by researchers at the University of California suggest that one reason girls typically do better in school than boys is that girls go to sleep earlier, are More...
Teacher Pay Gap With Comparable Peers is the Largest Ever
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A new report released by the Economic Policy Institute has found that the gap between what teachers are paid in comparison with other careers is the largest it has ever been. Written More...
DoE: Students with Disabilities at Virtual Schools Must Be Served Adequately
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A letter has been sent by the US Department of Education to address the rights of students with disabilities who attend virtual schools across the country. The Dear Colleague More...
10 Classics to Read When the World Seems Too Bleak
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) By Sally Allen If you’ve checked the news recently… maybe you wish you hadn’t. These are anxiety-provoking times, overwhelming and draining times; times that make it seem More...
With Kids’ Empathy on the Decline, Books and Talking Help
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Parents know what it’s like when their child does something wrong and they try to get the youngster to apologize. The child usually refuses to do so, but finally might More...
Imperial College London Launches MOOC MBA Series
(Photo: Pixabay,Creative Commons) The Business School of Imperial College London has launched its first free series of MOOCs called Essentials for MBA Success. Focused on prospective students considering an More...
Sorry, Parents: Video Games Correlate with Better Grades
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A recent study conducted by Alberto Posso of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology looked at the relation between academic performance and the students’ personal interests More...
Alberta Court: School Violated Transgender Student’s Privacy Rights
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A transgender student in Canada has won a landmark ruling after the Alberta privacy commissioner concluded that her rights were, in fact, violated when teachers at her school More...