Colleges have long linked classrooms via videoconferencing. But when two theater professors in different countries wanted to collaborate, they decided to make a video link with a little more depth.
Systems that incentivise improved performance from students and their teachers could help some of New Zealand's struggling schools, according to a new report.
The idea below explains how Robin Fogel-Shrive uses cellphone “selfies” to break the ice and get students writing — an idea inspired by a Times article and Learning Network Student Opinion prompt.
When it comes to bias, preschoolers are influenced by nonverbal cues that indicate how adults might feel about one another. Exposure to different kinds of people may help buffer those preconceived notions, especially in homogenous communities.