Policy & Reform
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6 Saddening Facts about Childhood Obesity and Unhealthy Body Image
The rate of obesity among children is skyrocketing—and this is something to worry about. After all, as you might expect, obese children are at ... -
Girls are kept out of science jobs by unhelpful stereotypes
Anna Zecharia, Imperial College London The number of girls taking A-level physics has remained stagnant for the past 20 years or more, and the ... -
Education officials to re-examine standardized testing
Education officials will re-examine standardized testing in the U.S. due to growing complaints from the public. The general consensus is that students pre-kindergarten to 12th ... -
Solving the special education teacher deficit
Across the nation schools are trying to locate and hire qualified special education teachers. The open positions are abundant and many teachers are not ... -
Hard Evidence: at what age are children ready for school?
David Whitebread, University of Cambridge When are children “ready” for school? There is much debate about when the transition between play-based pre-school and the ... -
School metal detectors reduce weapon carrying but not fear
Paul Hirschfield, Rutgers University The recent horrifying spectacle of a disturbed student fatally stabbing his teacher in front of his classmates in Leeds has ... -
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Adopts Let’s Talk!
The cloud-based communications solution will strengthen responsiveness and track response time to stakeholders throughout the state (HERNDON, VA) January 14, 2016 – K12 Insight today announced a statewide implementation of ... -
He Named Me Malala: the ordinary life behind an extraordinary girl
Alison Macdonald, UCL Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for speaking out in support of girls’ education in Pakistan. Since then, ... -
Nutritional school lunches on the rise, study finds
A new study has found an increase in nutritional school lunches and other meals since the implementation Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, according to the Christian ... -
California education funding sees a boost
Pre-recession spending levels are back in California. Well, at least California education funding has returned to pre-recession levels. Students are seeing the same funding ...