Institution United States

Florida public schools are subjected to enact mental health education

This week, the Florida State Board of Education elected to implement mental health education in public school curriculums. Within the newly formed order, it was formally stated that educational facilities are compelled to have “at least five (5) hours of mental health instruction” for students in grades six (6) to twelve (12) in every school […]

Finance United States

Racial wealth gap concerning student debt

With a skyrocketing student debt of one point five trillion United States dollars ($1.5 trillion), it causes distress to the forty-four (44) million American population across the country. However, a study shows that inequality is counted as a determining factor on how a student deal with cost living. From the year 2003 to 2008, student […]

Europe Innovation

How women aim to be pioneers in EdTech revolution

Department for Education (DfE) revealed the plan for building “the best EdTech ecosystem in the world” by implementing the new strategy. UK economy has estimated that the edtech exports have a £170 million value in developing future learning technologies in the face of tightening school budgets.  Daphne Koller, the online study space creator of Coursera, […]

Innovation

Little Teaching Robot Now Property of iRobot Corp.

Earlier in June 2019, iRobot Corp. announced the buying of Root Robotics, Inc. Root Robotics started out as a summer project in 2011 at the Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering (Harvard University). A lot has changed since then, and today, more than 500 schools use the technology to teach young children how to code, […]

Security

Teachers on Strike in Birmingham: Students are Carrying Knives

Shocking news from Birmingham school Starbank has travelled through the world. Teachers came out on strike, and they’re protesting the fact that the students are carrying knives and other dangerous objects in order to threaten the staff and brawl in classrooms. Starbank school teachers and staff have a so-called “panic button”, which they will use […]