The average US family spends more than two hours a week at their neighborhood laundromat, and many bring their kids with them. That’s downtime that experts say could be put to better use, which is why 600 laundromats across the US are installing family-friendly literacy spaces for kids under the age of six by 2020. The project, which is sponsored by the Clinton Foundation, … [Read more...] about How the laundromat can help shrink the literacy gap in America
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A South Korea school is enrolling illiterate grandmas to save it from closing
South Korea’s birthrate has been plummeting in recent decades, falling to less than one child per woman last year, one of the lowest in the world. The hardest hit areas are rural counties, where babies have become an increasingly rare sight as young couples migrate en masse to big cities for better paying jobs. For rural schools that were once built for higher populations, this … [Read more...] about A South Korea school is enrolling illiterate grandmas to save it from closing
How books can be a powerful ‘punishment’ for those who commit hate crimes
In 2016, an old schoolhouse in Virginia that was once used for teaching black students during the era of segregation was sprayed with offensive graffiti. From the moment Prosecutor and Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Alejandra Rueda heard about the racist and anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled across the schoolhouse in Ashburn, Loudoun County, Virginia, she suspected the culprits were … [Read more...] about How books can be a powerful ‘punishment’ for those who commit hate crimes
What educators can learn from the elementary school Lebron James set up
The elementary school that superstar basketball player Lebron James set up in his hometown of Akron, Ohio isn’t like other schools connected to celebrities. That’s mainly because the I Promise school, as it’s known, is not a charter school run by a private operator but a public school operated by the district. The school’s $2 million budget is funded by the district, roughly … [Read more...] about What educators can learn from the elementary school Lebron James set up
The inspiring story behind Peter Tabichi, the world’s best teacher of 2019
We could all learn a thing or two about generosity from Peter Tabichi, a maths and physics teacher at a secondary in a remote part of Kenya’s Rift Valley. Tabichi gives away 80 percent of his income to help the poorest students at the poorly-equipped and overcrowded school who could otherwise not afford uniforms and books. Despite only having one computer, a poor internet … [Read more...] about The inspiring story behind Peter Tabichi, the world’s best teacher of 2019
