BY: ALEX BROWN As many high-school teachers are keen to point out to the shocked faces of the classroom, the immediate employment rates of university graduates are lower than those of college graduates. And as a new study reveals, when…
An MIT student dropped out to build a progressive university with no tests or tuition
BY: ALEX BROWN High tuition costs and disappointing career-returns from university degrees have lead many to seek an alternative to mainstream education. The problem with a lot of universities is that the programs are more theoretical than practical, lacking the…
The lazy student’s guide to taking notes in class that will earn you an A+
If you were to stand at the back of any large college classroom, you would likely be looking out over a sea of Facebook profiles, online games and YouTube videos. Though it’s easiest to type your notes on the computer,…
My classroom of chatty 10-year-old students taught me the meaning of empathy in education
BY: CODY HOFFMAN Teaching is full of extremes. Some days, you come home feeling like a mess. You sit on the bus feeling frustrated, your back sore and your voice even worse. A toddler on the bus begins wailing, and…
This Toronto school is giving the middle finger to political correctness – and for good reason
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Recently we’ve seen a rise in media, public institutions, universities, and just about everyone else in the public sphere contributing to the “coddling of the North American mind.” The article for The Atlantic explains that the rising…
This 27-year-old left school at 18 to travel the world and get a different kind of education
BY: TREVOR HEWITT At the age of 18, Christian Lindgren dropped out of school, let his lease run out and began travelling the globe. Fast forward nine years and Lindgren has visited 97 different countries—from Nigeria to North Korea. “Travelling has…
Being sent to boarding school against my will was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
BY: TREVOR HEWITT “Anything you want to give me now before I find it?” I shook my head. “Spread your legs, please.” I thought I had misheard her at first. She repeated herself, and reluctantly I obeyed. After, she started…
The World Bank projects global poverty rates to drop below 10 per cent for the first time ever
BY: DAVID LAO If you haven’t noticed yet, life ain’t easy for everybody. Some of us get a free ride while others have to work ceaselessly to make ends meet. Today, being born into a bit more money can make…
For the first time in American history more women are graduating from college than men
BY: JESSICA BEUKER In 1940, under five per cent of the U.S. population held a bachelor’s degree. Of the population that did, men were much more likely to have a college education than women. In fact, it would have taken…
World’s best teacher doesn’t believe in tests and lets kids choose what they learn
BY: JESSICA BEUKER There is a school in the rural town of Edgecomb, Maine that is unlike any other. Every classroom has a library, there are no standardized tests, and every religious and cultural holiday is not only respected, but…
Human Library gives people a chance to learn from people rather than books
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” That’s especially true if the book is a person. The Human Library lets people check out “interactive books” for half an hour, but the words come straight out of people…
Michelle Obama’s campaign brings awareness to the #62milliongirls who are not in school
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Sixty-two million—that’s the staggering number of girls around the world who are not in school. This past Saturday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced a new campaign that is fighting to get more to school. “I see myself…
Evolution and climate change just became mandatory curriculum in the heart of the bible-belt
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Alabama has broken ground on new public school standards that will come as a relief to the country’s hopeful progressives. Get your champagne glasses ready, Liberals, Alabama now requires science class to teach evolution and climate change—and…
Schools in Bangladesh are being built on boats to keep education active during floods
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ As climate change escalates, places like Bangladesh are in serious trouble. With 1,174 people per square kilometre – Bangladesh’s population density is the highest on a global scale. The rising sea levels are causing floods, destroying communities,…
The ‘Solar Classroom in a Box’ is addressing the education shortage in Kenya
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ A classroom in a box fitted with everything from solar panels to computers is becoming the future of education in impoverished countries. Since not attending school has become a sense of normality for children in countries such…
Chief annuls 300 child marriages so that girls in Malawi can go to school
BY: TYLER FYFE On the outskirts of a border village in Southern Malawi, stands a group of girls with an averted gaze. Some are younger than ten. They are already balancing on the finish line of childhood. There is a…
Elon Musk was fed up with America’s education system so he decided to build his own “unschool” (Video)
Elon Musk has attracted a lot of media attention recently, mainly for his company’s breakthrough invention of the Tesla Battery, but also for his legendary entrepreneurial history and status as “the real life Iron Man.” Recently, Musk made headlines by…
5 places on the Internet where you can educate yourself for free
BY: DANIEL KORN Everybody is self-taught. Whether you’re a guitarist who’s never taken a lesson or an engineering undergrad at the University of Wherever; regardless of its level of formality, all education hinges on the student’s ability to internalize concepts…
This college student saved $8,000 a year by building his own dorm in the woods
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Imagine there is no electricity, and no running water. There are no cell phones, laptops, or televisions—no honking cars or blazing sirens. In the woods you would be one with nature, living simply and focusing on self-fulfillment,…
Why Americans should be jealous of Finland’s wildly progressive education system
BY: DANIEL KORN Much has been made of Finland’s incredibly successful education system. In the 1960s, faced with economic turmoil after a series of smaller wars throughout the World War II years, Finnish Parliament made the wise realization that the…