Author: Matthew Lynch
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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, based in ... -
Focus on college affordability obscures real problem: we’re overeducated
Nader Habibi, Brandeis University Since the cost of going to college is an important concern for a large segment of voters, the 2016 presidential candidates are ... -
Zuckerberg is ploughing billions into ‘personalised learning’ – why?
Natalia Kucirkova, The Open University and Elizabeth FitzGerald, The Open University Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes personalised learning is the answer to many of education’s current ... -
3 Easy Ways First-Year Teachers Can Encourage Community Involvement in Their School
Teachers are often the first line of defense when it comes to their students overall well-being. Academics aside, teachers have a big responsibility to students, both ... -
3 Things You Should Know About College Degrees and Marriage
What are your thoughts on the relationship between college and marriage? You might be wondering, “Which relationship?” Well, we’ve all heard the daunting statistics about marriage ... -
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 Science Monitor. ... -
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 to their ... -
Black Boys in Crisis: They Aren’t Reading?
Literacy is the basic building block for the rest of an academic career and the lifetime that follows it. Research shows that kids who come from ... -
Virtual Reality and Education in 2016
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish this guest post on virtual reality and education as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions ... -
Creative limits & meaningful freedom for educators
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish this guest post about creative limits as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained ...
