America’s inequality problem is bigger than Harvard, the University of Michigan or the SAT. But there are steps universities can take to ease the application process for low-income students. A new study suggests that low-income high school students are more likely to apply to selective colleges if they’re aware that they can receive financial aid. […]
StudySync is collaborating with The News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonprofit organization that helps educate middle and high school students about how to separate fact from opinion in media reports. NLP will provide articles and video content for StudySync's SyncBlasts product. StudySync is partnering with The News Literacy Project (NLP), a non-profit organization that helps […]
Two recipients of a Best Starts for Kids grant have chosen to partner with Kickboard to help expand trauma-informed and restorative practices in King County schools. Hazelwood Elementary School and Unleash the Brilliance have each begun a three-year partnership that includes a web-based platform and professional development services. Two recipients of a Best Starts for […]
The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic launched the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience. It focuses on research around the intersection of literacy and health across education content areas including early childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale Child […]
Designed for users of all experience levels and abilities, each AI-in-a-Box provides curriculum, hardware and software for schools and teachers to provide 10 hours of STEAM and project-based education. It teaches six key concepts of artificial intelligence, including visual recognition, facial recognition and more. ReadyAI, the first teacher-friendly K12 Artificial Intelligence (AI) education company, announced […]
Research has revealed some surprising facts about struggling readers and how they differ from peers who read at grade level. Watch this short video to discover 10 staggering statistics about struggling readers—and how educators can help them get on the path to literacy success.
Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead resulted in a higher probability that superintendents across the state would quit, according to new research from Rutgers University. Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead […]
A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This fight has been a long time coming and is now suddenly at full steam. The case just filed in Rhode Island focuses on the civics knowledge and skills that our democratic form of government demands of citizens—a topic […]
A new curriculum for teachers, developed by the nonprofit organization Journeys in Film, in partnership with the USC Rossier School of Education’s Center for Engagement-Driven Global Education, will give educators more resources to help students make sense of prejudice and hatred, drawing on the life of Oskar Schindler as an entry point. With anti-Semitism on […]
Carnegie Learning's EMC School division announced that the Texas State Board of Education approved Texas Mirrors and Windows for the 2019 language arts state adoption for grades 6-8, giving middle school educators statewide the opportunity to review the program for implementation starting in the 2019-20 school year. Carnegie Learning's EMC School (EMC) division, a leading […]
