Haltian’s Snowfox Offers Screenless GPS Child Safety ‘Phone’
Photo: Snowfox A new device called Snowfox has been developed as a less cumbersome and easier to use alternative for young children compared to a typical smartphone. Its developers, Finland-based Haltian, have described the device as a tracker phone aimed at giving parents “peace of mind” about their kids’ whereabouts. When it comes to GPS innovations, More...
Case Western Reserve Students Protest RNC Police Presence
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Students enrolled in a university in Cleveland, Ohio became so traumatized by the idea that they might share their campus with armed police officers during the Republican More...
2016 Economic Concerns, Policies Stir Up 1992 Sentiments
(Photo: Luis Llerena, Creative Commons) By Michael A. MacDowell “It is the economy, stupid” became the key phrase that Bill Clinton’s campaign adopted in 1992 to thwart George H. W. Bush’s unsuccessful More...
Kansas Teacher Vacancies Spur Report on Reduction Strategies
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A new report from the Kansas State Department of Education takes a closer look at teacher vacancies and supply while offering recommendations on how to increase the number of More...
As Childhood Obesity Rises in UK, US, Australia, So Do Costs
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) As if the obesity epidemic isn’t on pace to take a big enough toll already, now researchers have found that it creates a financial burden as well. Almost one out of every More...
Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow Stands Firm on Info Refusal
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Despite a judicial ruling, Ohio’s largest online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, is still refusing to hand over records to the state’s Department More...
K12 Inc, California Reach Settlement Over Virtual Academies
(Photo: Youtube, Creative Commons) The state of California has announced a $ 168.5 million settlement to resolve allegations over false advertising from a for-profit online charter school, or “virtual academy,” More...
Malala Visits Kenya Refugee Camp to Advocate for Girls’ Education
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of Nobel Peace Prize (2014), spent her 19th birthday in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya, which the country is More...
Trump Argues Trump University Testimony Should Be Private
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A court hearing is adding a new layer of legal cobwebs for this year’s leading presidential candidates, as Donald Trump is hoping to keep his under-oath testimony in recent More...
Gene in Preschoolers’ Brains May Predict Alzheimer’s Risk
(Photo: Peter Griffin, Creative Commons) Researchers have found that a gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease may begin to show its consequences on brain formation and mental acuity as early as preschool. HealthDay More...