The enthusiasm for living and studying abroad has waned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the importance of in-person and on-campus experience for a full-time and residential college generation has become increasingly apparent. Studying overseas is doubtless one of the most precious aspects of contemporary higher education. Over ... Read More »
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 »
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 »
Registration is now open for the second annual Fall Ramp-up event, Aug. 16 and 17. All faculty are invited to attend these 50-minute sessions that focus on the campus learning environment and provide timely information to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. Topics will include: Active Learning and Flipped Classrooms ... Read More »
It is said that one must think out of the box to excel and stand out. Funnily enough, the key to out-of-the-box thinking today comes in the shape of a box – Pod Squad, a monthly subscription box for kids between three to seven years. It exposes them to nine ... Read More »
Many experts believed that education technology (EdTech) has the ability to transform the field of education. That’s why, many tech companies have been recently investing more on EdTech platforms including Apple, Google and Amazon. Despite the rise of education technology, RAND Corp. policy researcher Julia Kaufman revealed in an open ... Read More »
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in December to replace No Child Left Behind, requires states to use at least one “non-academic” factor to help measure school progress. For the National Education Association and other advocates of a broader vision of student success, this key provision guarantees that schools start addressing the needs of ... Read More »
Most schools have special weeks of some kind – arts, science, technology. Not many, I guess will play host to the De Lorean car from ‘Back to the Future’, the ‘Bloodhound’ Supersonic Car project, ‘Star Wars’ characters and a host of spectacular science and engineering presentations, all available free to ... Read More »
Both primary and Secondary school teachers can use a Human Sundial to enhance their students understanding and mastering of the Earth Sun relationship. Once you have installed a Human Sundial you can demonstrate how the earth’s rotation on its axis causes night and day. You can also demonstrate why the ... Read More »
