This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced recently the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC), with Chairman Jake Steinfield, has selected Tennessee for its 2018 DON’T QUIT! fitness campaign. “Childhood obesity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maxine Turner left school without a single qualification. Maxine is speaking at Mowbray Gardens Library in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where a group is gathering for lessons taught by the Workers Educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America Forward Coalition’s Education Task Force worked hard to secure, including pilot competency-based learning programs, ways to measure student achievement outside of test scores, and incentives for states to partner…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reaction to the appointment of Richard Carranza as New York City schools chancellor was a little slow to get started — likely a result of Mayor Bill de Blasio keeping…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children are capable of understanding science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts when they are less than a year old but these skills must be developed intentionally, according to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As high-school students around the country organize in support of stronger gun-control legislation in the wake of the Parkland shooting, many are finding that, at the very least, one thing…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes, director of K-12 Education, and Dan Greenstein, director of Postsecondary Success, discuss efforts to scale innovative postsecondary policies and practices, a “refreshed”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Providing quality schooling for the 75 million children worldwide impacted by conflict, natural disasters, or epidemics each year remains a challenge for the humanitarian community, with education advocates estimating that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From young women fighting for access to clean water to those advocating for gun control or acceptance and trans rights, here are seven young activists you should know about:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six out of 10 children and teenagers in the world are failing to reach basic levels of proficiency in learning, warns a hard-hitting report from the United Nations. The UN…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four years and an entire chancellorship after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to diversify New York City’s most elite high schools, the schools remain as stubbornly segregated as they were before he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many have been shocked by the World Bank’s estimate that it would take Brazil more than 260 years to reach the OECD average proficiency in reading and 75 years in…