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How Should Schools Incorporate Happiness Into Curricula?
Is it possible for K-12 schools to dedicate teaching time specifically to address happiness and well being?
WISE Original | Dec 11, 2018


To Learn: Know How Your Mind Accesses Knowledge
Instead of spending all our time on providing information, we should also be helping with storage and access of information via various retrieval practices.
eSchool News | Dec 11, 2018


How AI Can Alter Artistic Experiences
The simple resemblance to human figures is no longer enough in a Wax Museum. The statues now can also act like humans.
El País | Dec 10, 2018


What is Playful Assessment?
"Playful assessment" addresses learning that fosters skills like creativity, problem-solving and agency.
EdSurge | Dec 10, 2018


Value Professors on Their Teaching, Not Citations
Dutch universities want to make it easier for academics to become professors on the basis of their teaching record, a shift away from relying on journal impact factors.
Inside Higher Ed | Dec 07, 2018


The Battle for Open Access to Research
The goal of science, after all, is to disseminate knowledge, not keep it sequestered.
LA Times | Dec 07, 2018


What College Professors Need to Know About Learning
Research into learning science allows us to better value how fundamental teaching and learning are to being human.
EdSurge | Dec 07, 2018


How the Future of Work Impacts Colleges
"If students could take a year or two of school, get a job, and then return to school a few years later, the education system would offer true life-long learning..."
PBS | Dec 06, 2018


Families Must Teach Children Basic Skills
The family unit cannot abdicate its responsibility to schools.
The Guardian | Dec 05, 2018

When Choosing Universities, Look Beyond Graduate Incomes
Wage outcomes cannot be the sole criteria when judging a university’s education worth.
Channel News Asia | Dec 05, 2018

Building a Country's Leadership through Education
To build a country, focus on its leadership, says WISE Prize Laureate Dr. Patrick Awuah.
Quartz | Dec 05, 2018

Parental Migration has Positive Effects on Children's Education
In some countries, children with a migrant parent show an increase in school attendance.
Manila Bulletin | Dec 05, 2018

Making Immigration Relevant in Class
Immigration is a topical subject, one that straddles history and social studies, but also current events.
Education Dive | Dec 05, 2018


Are Language and Gender Discrimination Interconnected?
In many languages the masculine gender dominates the feminine. How well does that reflect general gender patterns accross societies?
El País | Dec 02, 2018


The Power of a Teacher
It's easy to get stuck in a maze of school reforms or become enamored with the latest edtech trend. We can lose sight of what really matters—the relationship between teachers and students.
EdSurge | Dec 01, 2018


The Benefits of Teacher-led Innovation
“We know that in order to reimagine what education looks like for our kids, we have got to have the most amazing people at every level.”
Hechinger Report | Nov 29, 2018