Tag: education
How to keep kids safe in a toxic world
Environmental dangers are nearly ubiquitous in the modern world. Parents need to figure out a way to confront the environmental crisis to keep their children safe....
Report cards, grades get worse during recession
Throughout economic downturns, children tend to get worse grades, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research....
Scholastic distributed coal propaganda in schools
Educational materials distributed by respected children's publisher Scholastic push coal industry talking points onto kids in schools....
Land grab in Africa by global hedge funds, American universities
Global hedge funds are buying up huge tracts of land in Africa, hoping to make money off the commodity and food trade, and prominent US universities are taking part....
Limiting potatoes in school lunches
The federal government is singling out potatoes as culprits in the fight against childhood obesity. ...
Paying students to drop out of college
The founder of PayPal Peter Thiel is offering some of his own money to pay students to drop out of school and start their own businesses....
Tuition behind South Korean student suicides?
Four South Korean students have committed suicide lately. Some blame a tuition policy that penalizes students who don't get high grades....
Describing the score: Berklee students help find music for films
Students at the Berklee College of Music are adding descriptions to Paramount’s film scores in an effort to make the perfect music more easily discovered....
Historically black colleges: Still a good educational option?
New study indicates graduates of historically black colleges may not achieve same success as counterparts who attend traditionally white schools. ...
American educational decline: Not so bad
There's no need to panic over the U.S. educational decline, according to experts. It's good that people are getting smarter around the world....
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