U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) and its Green Strides outreach initiative share promising practices and resources in the areas of safe, healthy, and sustainable school environments; nutrition and outdoor physical activity; and environmental and sustainability education. To bring additional attention to honorees’ practices, ED-GRS has conducted an ... Read More »
It’s back-to-school season for much of the country, but for some students, school is never out. For some, classes are in session all year long: About 3,700 K-12 public schools across the country operate on a year-round calendar — approximately 4 percent of all U.S. schools in 2011-12, according to ... Read More »
AMMAN — Donor countries have pledged close to $100 million to help Jordan enroll all Syrian refugee children in the kingdom in schools next month. In the previous school year, 145,000 Syrian children in Jordan attended school, while 91,000 didn’t, in part because of overcrowding. Jordan is now adding a ... Read More »
New York City’s Department of Education on Monday recommended renewing its contract with Pearson PLC, a six-year deal worth up to $13.4 million in which the education company would continue providing entrance exams for the city’s specialized high schools. Every year about 30,000 eighth-graders take the admissions test in the ... Read More »
In a move to get with the times Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced school-aged children will be able to do all their learning online. The sweeping change will allow any school, tertiary provider or an approved industry to apply to be a “community of online learning” (COOL). NZ First has slammed ... Read More »
Education Minister Hekia Parata has brought a bill to parliament which she says sets clear school objectives for the first time. The Education (Update) Amendment Bill provides for a National Education and Learning Priorities statement (NELP). Source: ONE News “For the first time, early childhood education providers, schools and kura ... Read More »
The Delhi government informed the Assembly Monday that the powers and authority related to education lie with the Lieutenant Governor. The government’s position comes at a time when it is entangled in a power tussle with the LG’s office. A list of nearly 19 functions-cum-powers vested with the LG and ... Read More »
(Amman) – Jordan’s education minister has instructed public schools to allow Syrianchildren to register in the fall semester even if they lack government-issued documents that were previously required, Human Rights Watch said today. Carrying out this and other announced policy changes could help thousands more children attend school this semester. ... Read More »
Google’s serious about education. The reason? Schools seem serious about Google. Toward the end of last year, sales of the Mountain View, California-based company’s Chromebook-branded computers accounted for more than half of all devices sold for U.S. grades K-12. It’s no wonder, then, the Google continues to iterate on its ... Read More »
There is hardly a country in the world that is not attempting to improve its school education. Countries like Canada and Finland, which already have excellent school systems, are still trying to improve. These countries have confidence in their own approach and remain committed to those fundamentals. Like top-notch sportspeople, ... Read More »
Google’s Chromebook has been particularly successful in the education market — and that’s helped drive its broader software platform, Google for Education. It’s similar to the business offerings Google offers, with access to Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides and so on, but it also adds the specialized Google Classroom tool that ... Read More »
Google has a few apps and services that are just for teachers and students and they’re providing some new features just in time for the new school year. And there are new VR experiences in the Expedition app so you can take a digital field trip. Google for Education, their ... Read More »
