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Viral post on smartphone usage flagged for misinformation

Just three months ago, the community was talking about a viral post from “The Washington Post” headlining a journal from “The Scientific Reports” entitled “Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone is to blame, research suggests”. Background of the story In a viral post on June 2019, a group of professors from Australia came out with […]

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Blockchain Webinar: Support 72M via education disruption

A Blockchain Webinar by stalwarts in the education, business, and marketing spheres goes live on September 19 at six in the evening (6PM) United Kingdom Time to gather support for disruption of education, or make it more affordable globally by decentralization. Mitch Rankin, English Forward Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, together with Karnika Yashwant,  EnglishForward […]

Bernie Sanders fascinating ad earmarked for teachers Teachers United States

Bernie Sanders fascinating ad earmarked for teachers

Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Senator and a Democratic presidential hopeful, seeks to win teachers’ votes through an intriguing ad. Bernie Sanders seeks to endear himself to teachers by amicably addressing the unrest witnessed in the American education sector in the last two (2) years. Protests have been inevitable as American teachers have raised various concerns, […]

Notion, free note-taking software for students and teachers competes with Evernote, and Microsoft OneNote. Schools

Notion Software now free; a growth strategy for 1 million users more

Notion, free note-taking software for students and teachers competes with Evernote, and Microsoft OneNote. Notion app would be available for download to students and teachers that sign up with a school email address domain. Notwithstanding the number of registrations, the Notion premium version will be available to all.  Notion, with the likes of Bear, Evernote, […]

LGBT university students supported by colleagues Europe Social Issues

LGBT university students supported by colleagues

The LGBT community has been calling for inclusivity in many societal areas, and learning institutions are not an exemption. LGBT students have been thriving in many institutions of higher learning, and their existence can no longer be ignored.  The vulnerability of the LGBT OR LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) community is […]

Special needs teachers tutoring mainstream classes Europe Special Education

Special needs teachers tutoring mainstream classes

Ireland Department of Education has launched investigations of at least fifty (50) cases, whereby schools have been accused of utilizing special needs teachers in tutoring mainstream classes.  Notably, a clear guideline exists, and it necessitates special needs and resource teachers to help and tutor needy or vulnerable learners only.  Special needs teachers being used to […]

HIV-AIDS Africa Nonprofits

Practical Learning for HIV-positive children in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia alone, nearly 1.2 million people are diagnosed as HIV-AIDS positive. Children with HIV-AIDS in Ethiopia HIV-AIDS is one of the most common causes of death among children under 5. In Ethiopia, 90,000 HIV-positive pregnant women are expecting to give birth to 14,000 HIV-positive newborns annually. Without proper education and the right treatment, most […]

England teachers working for an alarming 60 hours weekly Europe Teachers

England teachers work for 60 hours weekly

Statistics show that twenty-five percent (25%) of England teachers work for at least sixty (60) hours weekly. This fact indicates that England teachers are overworked as compared to their counterparts in various parts of the world.  According to UCL Institute of Education’s findings, this worrying trend has been thriving despite the government introducing initiatives intended […]

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Article 370: A debate with a premeditated script

A special debate on Article 370 was included in a circular by the department of education of Ahmedabad, distributed around schools in Gujarat, India. The issued circular was for all government and private schools. It orders the schools to conduct debates, special lectures, and eloquent competitions to highlight and discuss Article 370 and Article 35A. […]

Childcare cost information not disseminated proper Law and Courts United States

Childcare cost information not disseminated properly

Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found out in its report that higher learning institutions do not do enough to advertise that childcare support is available. 22 percent of undergraduate students in 2016 were parents-students. The pressure that comes with finding the required care for these students is ever rising including the monetary cost and the […]