by Jonathan Lim |Mothership.sg SPOILER ALERT: We challenge you to try the puzzle! The solution is in the lower section of the article, do not scroll if you want the challenge. Many […]
by Jonathan Lim |Mothership.sg SPOILER ALERT: We challenge you to try the puzzle! The solution is in the lower section of the article, do not scroll if you want the challenge. Many […]
by University of Iowa The report A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students changed the conversation about academic acceleration in this country’s schools when it was published 10 years […]
When you learn a new technical concept, something happens in your brain, but exactly what has been a mystery until now. For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have traced the […]
Pi Day is coming on March 14! And not just any old Pi Day, but an “Epic Pi Day” on 3.14.15 at 9:26:53; that date/time corresponds to the first 10 digits of […]
Delaying school entry for children could cause poorer academic performance, according to new research from the University of Warwick. Many parents are keen to hold their children back a year if they […]
A Stanford study shows that recess is a profoundly important part of the school day. Well-organized recess programs engage students in meaningful play and prepare them to learn once back in the […]
Stanford Professor Jo Boaler says that students most effectively learn “math facts” working on problems that they enjoy, rather than through exercises and drills they fear. Speed pressure, timed testing and blind […]
Indian companies are investing in the UK and the US thanks in part, to the business education and work experience their CEOs have had in the West, according to a London […]
Harvard University raised a record $1.16 billion in donations in a single year, beating rival Stanford for the first time in a decade. Harvard’s haul, the largest ever in higher education, represents […]
Considerable attention has been paid to how boys’ educational achievements in science and math compare to girls’ accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys outperform girls in these […]
Topic: FLI ‘Books for Brains’ author Dr. Patricia Ronald Riba presents a workshop on basic nutritional concepts and meal planning. Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm Venue: 29 Hubble, Irvine, CA […]
Children who play the violin or study piano could be learning more than just Mozart. A University of Vermont College of Medicine child psychiatry team has found that musical training might also […]
Improving Education With 17,000 Youth Voices by Gordon Ching, Chief Digital Officer for AIESEC Flashback to when you were just starting university, completely lost and confused about what to do with your life […]
Are Americans getting dumber? Our math skills are falling. Our reading skills are weakening. Our children have become less literate than children in many developed countries. But the crisis in American education […]