Tag: educhat
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Should sex ed include fertility information?
Exactly what sort of safe sex should be taught to our young students is always a topic of debate. As we recently saw in Texas, abstinence-only ... -
Four Keys to Successfully Adopting New Instructional Materials
Leading change can be quite a challenge, especially when you’re asking teachers to let go of materials and techniques they have used for most of their ... -
Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?
Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long disappeared. The ... -
How companies learn what children secretly want
Faith Boninger, University of Colorado and Alex Molnar, University of Colorado If you have children, you are likely to worry about their safety – you show ... -
Why the guns-on-campus debate matters for American higher education
Steven J. Friesen, University of Texas at Austin As of Aug. 1, 2016, a new law allows concealed handguns in college and university buildings in Texas. ... -
Why it’s hard for adults to learn a second language
Brianna Yamasaki, University of Washington As a young adult in college, I decided to learn Japanese. My father’s family is from Japan, and I wanted to ... -
Why science and engineering need to remind students of forgotten lessons from history
Muhammad H. Zaman, Boston University Lately, there has been a lot of discussion highlighting the need for incorporating social sciences in STEM (science, technology, engineering and ... -
Who’s in Favor of Early Childhood Education?
Early childhood education is something that most Americans can agree is needed. A poll conducted by the bipartisan team of Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies ... -
Music training speeds up brain development in children
Assal Habibi, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Observing a pianist at a recital – converting musical notations into precisely ... -
Want college to be affordable? Start with Pell Grants
Donald E. Heller, University of San Francisco In her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton talked about free college and student debt relief. Convention ...