Parents always want to deliver the best things to their children, be it the best school or the most comfortable bed in their bedroom. When it comes to choosing a school, parents almost get worried. They too often find themselves in the question, whether to put their child in a private school or a public…
At the elementary school level, a child is taught how most of the things around him work which can be broadly combined into four different subjects i.e. Maths, Science, Social Studies, and Language. Science explains how nature works and how we have manoeuvred it, Maths is essential to understand science and numbers, Language is what…
When we think about academic calendars, we think about the usual 9 months school with a long summer break. Just like everything, the school calendar has shown new innovations. The concept of year-round schools is not new, but certainly gaining traction. The nine-month school calendar was designed to ensure children could help their parents harvest…
Single-sex, single-gender, all-boys or all-girls schools, whatever you call it, for some, it can be the ideal learning condition. The culture is still popular but has only gained more traction because of new researches backing the idea. The number of researches supporting the benefits of this pedagogy for girls is larger. However, it can be…
When we talk about Artificial Intelligence, we picture advanced machines, computers and robots that possess the same thinking skills as humans. But in all this glamorous picture we forget that it is nothing but just a new advancement to technology. In scientific terms, Artificial Intelligence is mere a backend algorithm that allows machines to emulate…
Recently a report has come out that suggest the United States spend more on prisons and jails than it does on educating children. Moreover, there are at least 15 states that spend $27,000 more per person than on each student. United States account for 4.4 percent of the global population, but houses 22 percent of…
Most countries have been lagging behind in terms of Sex Ed. There is this is usual stuff like how to put on a condom, sexually transmitted diseases, and knowing about both genitals. However, there is no consistent standard about what is taught in schools about sex education. Private schools can legally teach whatever they want,…
Automation has made many jobs obsolete from entire industries in the United States –and the rate of job loss is only increasing. People are working harder for fewer wages. Our education is stagnating for centuries. Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma argues that if we keep on continuing to train students to compete with machines then we…
How longer school timings can make learning more interesting for students? Our schools and education reforms are designed for an earlier version of the American society and economy. Some changes can help make them work better for children and families. This lag in the education reforms can be seen in the schedule of schools too….
Have you ever considered the way you want your funeral to be like? Or how would it be to experience death? Or what should happen to the body after the demise? If you are like the majority of people, then you might have never thought on how you would like to die. You might have…