Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
This school in the middle of the jungle is any environmentalist’s dream
Some schools like to employ the word “green” in the context of their LEED-certified building or cafeteria recycling effort, but a school in Bali, Indonesia takes it to another level. Instead of SUVs, kids might show up in used-cooking-oil-fueled Bio Buses or eat lunch that was cooked with Read More...
WeWork’s grand plan to disrupt schools assumes kids want to be startup founders
WeWork, a co-working company valued at $20 billion, started by creating hip co-working spaces to allow entrepreneurs to flourish in a community setting. Now, it’s trying to transfer that philosophy to education, opening a “conscious, Read More...
Education for all: free courses offered by 200 universities around the world
Massive Open Online Courses, also known as MOOCs, are on the rise. In the past six years or so, close to 800 universities have created more than 8,000 MOOCs. In just the past three months, over 200 universities have announced 600 of such free online courses, teaching a wealth of different subjects Read More...
Innovative children’s toys teach kids how to code
Toymakers are creating everything from board games to wooden logic puzzles to teach children—as young as three years old—how to code. What makes these toys especially intriguing is that they aren’t simply teaching kids by using a computer, but are instead encouraging them to interact with the Read More...
7 TED talks to help you give thanks
These TED Talks will help you conjure up massive amounts of gratitude. TED Talks are free thanks to Read More...
The power of creative visualization
Creative visualization is important for success. It is being successfully used in by professionals and layman Read More...
4 documentaries to help you cope, feel better and relax
They might not typically be the reason you go to the multiplex on a Saturday night. But these upcoming documentaries serve as reminders to live healthier, take a breath, and to be good to ourselves and those around Read More...
This online educator is equipping India’s youth for well-paid tech jobs
For many young Indians, having the time and money to finish a university degree is out of the question. But what is possible to get is a nano-degree from online educator Udacity. Nanodegrees are micro-credential certification courses designed to make learners job-ready through module-based Read More...
Could art observation classes make doctors better at their jobs?
A new study suggests that taking art observation classes could sharpen medical students’ visual analysis skills. This is important because the ability to correctly read and interpret images like X-rays and other kinds of scans is vital in the process of diagnosis–one that beginner medical Read More...
After hundreds of interviews, this writer defines the 4 pillars of life satisfaction
Around the time Emily Esfahani Smith went off to college, she began searching for deeper meaning in her life. She would eventually find it in researching the topic itself, ultimately reaching graduate school to study the psychology of Read More...