Investing in education can greatly reduce the cost of ignorance. Discover 4 strategic ways to improve educational access and outcomes, from early childhood to professional certifications, and understand the long-term benefits of such investments.
Trauma-sensitive climate change education can help students navigate complex emotions and foster resilience. Learn effective strategies for building hope and addressing climate anxiety in the classroom.
Born at the start of the 20th century, Montessori teaching methods have enjoyed increasing popularity in Europe over the past 20 years. But what does the science tell us about the effectiveness of Montessori education compared with other forms of teaching?
Learning music the informal way some popular musicians do could inspire more school students
Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology – like videos, computer gaming or artificial intelligence, just to name a few.
The idea that individual people are visual, auditory or kinesthetic learners and learn better if instructed according to these learning styles is one of the most enduring neuroscience myths in education.
Youth and young adults hold unique, creative and diverse perspectives and approaches compared to their adult counterparts.
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform launched by research company Open AI, can write an essay in response to a short prompt. It can perform mathematical equations – and show its working.
Humans have an incredible capacity for learning, adapting, and developing expertise in various fields, including technology, music, and academic subjects such as reading, writing, math, science, and second languages.
Many school districts across the United States are in the midst of a crisis: a teacher shortage. Part of the problem is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are other reasons why teachers are leaving their jobs at higher rates than before.
Forgiving student debt is not a slap at anybody; it's righting a moral wrong inflicted on millions by Reagan and his morbidly rich Republican buddies.
We are almost all lucky to have someone in our lives to encourage and motivate us and try to show us the way. But ultimately we have to live the choice.
We are almost all lucky to have someone in our lives to encourage and motivate us and try to show us the way. But ultimately we have to live the choice.
Most universities have moved courses online to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. This includes lectures and tutorials. When done right, online learning can actually be as effective as face-to-face education.
Time to make nature studies a compulsory school subject – before it’s too late. “Every child in every country is owed the teaching of natural history, to be introduced to the awe and wonder of the natural world, to appreciate how it contributes to our lives.”
The modern research university was designed to produce new knowledge and to pass that knowledge on to students. North American universities over the last 100 years have been exceptionally good at that task.
With movement between bricks-and-mortar schools and online learning becoming the “new normal,” young people, families, educators and the public are seeking assurance that students are receiving the best education possible.
We need to learn to live with COVID-19 as we continue efforts to vaccinate. Closing daycare centres and schools has a significant effect on the mental health, well-being and learning of children and young people. We are seeing the short term effects...
The teachers are not alright. As families across Canada juggle a variety of states of lockdown due to COVID-19, many teachers continue to voice concerns that government plans to keep students and teachers safe in schools are inadequate.
The widespread reliance on remote learning is harming students of color from low-income households more than kids who are from more affluent families.
- By Ria Dunkley
While in class, children shouldn’t feel their time is wasted. Primary school teachers have an ethical responsibility to bring climate change into their classrooms and they’re well placed for the task.
- By Sue Winton
With schools reopening after COVID-19 closures, concerns about the safety and certainty of public schooling have driven some parents to consider alternatives to sending kids back to brick-and-mortar classrooms.
Eliminating disparities in retake rates could close up to 10% of the income-based gap and up to 7% of the race-based gap in four-year college enrollment rates of high school graduates, findings of the working paper suggest.