Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Why fighting against inequality starts with mothers
Dealing with stress of poverty makes it hard for many mothers to establish critical bonds with their babies—bonds that lay the foundations for learning, emotional regulation, and relationships. This vast gap in development between poor kids and wealthier peers is a major reason why inequality Read More...
This game pushes players to make fake news so they can spot it in real life
Researchers have created a game that shows you how to spread fear, anger, and public mistrust through the media. Why? To help players get better at recognizing fake news in real life. The game was created based on previous research that showed exposing people to a small amount of misinformation Read More...
How to live a happier life, according to Yale’s most popular class
The most popular class at Yale goes by the title “Psychology and the Good Life.” The class teaches students how to live a happier life based on research. So what are some of the key habits that Yale students learn to develop in the class? Find out Read More...
A new school in rural India is teaching students how to cultivate happiness
Our current educational model isn’t exactly inspiring. Instead of learning tools for life, students often spend time cramming their heads with information needed to pass standardized tests. Tired of this educational model, a duo of social entrepreneurs are creating a non-traditional school near Read More...
Let Harvard teach you about Buddhism in this free online course you can take now
Buddhism teaches that we crave and cling to ephemeral, impermanent things and states. But these can never fully satisfy us and cause pain and suffering. There is a way out, however. You can liberate yourself - a message that can resonate with a modern person, caught up daily in a dizzying maelstrom Read More...
Why novels are the best business books you can read
Business-minded books may help you get an edge on the competition, but novels can be even more effective. Of course, not every novel offers the same chance to boost your emotional intelligence, but the ones that emphasise characters’ relationships certainly can. Novels with strong character Read More...
Top colleges are teaching students to prioritize happiness-not money and power
It takes a lot of hard work to get into places like Yale and Stanford. But once students make it to the Ivy League, many find that while they’re ready to tackle Shakespeare and comparative political systems, they’re lost when it comes to building emotionally rich, and balanced lives. To that Read More...
A 1.5 percent tax on billionaires could educate all the world’s children
Just how rich are the very rich? UK-based charity Oxfam quantified the answer in an update today to its annual inequality report. Per the report, today’s global billionaires are seeing their wealth rise six times as fast as the incomes of ordinary workers, and are so wealthy, a 1.5% tax on their Read More...
Thousands of schools are teaching children how to spot fake news
Fake news has a powerful ability to mislead millions of people and has been seen as a direct threat to democracy. That’s why thousands of schools all over the world have adopted a curriculum to teach kids how to distinguish facts from fiction. The curriculum was developed by a U.S.-based Read More...
Having class outdoors improves children’s ability to focus
Teachers tend to avoid having outdoor lessons out of fear that it will get the children too riled up and unable to focus. As it turns out, quite the opposite is true. In a recent study, researchers found that teaching kids outside improves their ability to focus and engage with school work. In Read More...