August 29, 2018
By: Mike Washburn and Steve Isaacs
Source: EdSurge League of Legends, DOTA 2, Heroes of the Storm and—of course—Fortnite. You may recognize these as titles of popular video games, even if you aren’t strictly a “gamer.” The reality is that video games and the communities, organizations and players surrounding them have become big business—some worth potentially […]
August 26, 2018
By: Jackie Mader
Source: The Washington Post CHICAGO — When Mariano Agosto’s fiancee died a year after the birth of their daughter, he was scared and lost. A friend suggested a nearby early-childhood education center might be able to help him and his little girl. Melanie was about 2 when Agosto visited Christopher House for a three-day […]
August 26, 2018
By: Rebecca Carmody
Source: ABC News On school days, Taelah Smith and Tiana Dillon don’t need any encouragement to get up and moving. They’re awake at the crack of dawn, bursting with excitement about what the day will bring and eager to put on the staff uniforms that fill them with so much pride. The two […]
August 24, 2018
By: Alia Wong
Source: The Atlantic Headlines touting the Next Big Idea in education have become so common in recent years that it’s tempting to dismiss every new K-12 initiative as a fad or fantasy doomed to either flatline or fail. A skeptical observer might be inclined to sweep LeBron James’s I Promise School into that […]
August 23, 2018
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: Education Week Decades of research show students read better when they read with someone else, be it a parent, a peer, or even a puppy. Now a new study in the journal Science Robotics suggests social robots can join the ranks of successful study buddies. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers developed a social robot dubbed “Minnie” to guide […]
August 23, 2018
By: Andrew Ujifusa
Source: Education Week Legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Education for fiscal 2019 that increases federal spending on schools by a small percentage was approved by the Senate on Thursday by a vote of 85-7. Total education spending would increase by more than $500 million over fiscal 2018 in the bill, up to […]
August 22, 2018
By: Kristen Thometz
Source: Chicago Tonight Like most children who spend the day at the beach, the character at the center of a new book builds sandcastles, flies kites and collects seashells with his family. But the protagonist of “Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach” has challenges some children might not be familiar with: cerebral […]
August 21, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Facebook is being accused of allowing advertisers to discriminate against people with disabilities and other groups in violation of federal law. In a formal complaint from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the social networking giant is facing allegations that it “unlawfully discriminates by enabling advertisers to restrict […]
August 21, 2018
By: Kate Stringer
Source: The 74 When two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon finish line in 2013, children in the city were paying attention. In day cares and schools, youngsters told their teachers they couldn’t go to the city anymore because of the bad people there, and that they couldn’t run races because they […]
August 21, 2018
By: Alexa Lardieri
Source: U.S. News & World Report THE HIGH NUMBER OF racial minorities placed in special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social injustices separate from schools, not racially biased educators, according to a new study. The study by Portland State University published in The Sociological Quarter used a statistical method to compare kids with comparable academic […]