EDUCATION - Coding Literacy for Students

This is a great piece about the changing job market and how schools are preparing students for computer-centered jobs ...

http://www.good.is/posts/coding-literacy-for-student

EDUCATION - Engage students with humanitarian open source projects

A full-day workshop on teaching open source practices, tools, and techniques by engaging students as contributors to humanitarian projects ...

http://www.good.is/posts/engage-students-with-humanitarian-open-source

EDUCATION - Rebuilding America's Schools

America’s schools are in disrepair. Meanwhile, student populations are rising as budgets are slashed. How will America stay competitive in the future without sufficient school buildings today ...

http://www.good.is/posts/rebuilding-america-s-school

EDUCATION - Transforming Study Abroad: A Workshop for Students

Are you a student preparing for extended international travel? Interested in growing from this exciting experience while also staying safe? Learn to make the most of your travel abroad from professional researchers who have worked in unstable environments worldwide.If you believe in inquiry, exploration, and meaningful personal development, you won’t want to miss this specially designed course that will prepare you to learn, research, and study a ...

http://www.good.is/posts/transforming-study-abroad-a-workshop-for-stud

EDUCATION - 50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education

http://www.good.is/posts/50-crazy-ideas-to-change-educatio

EDUCATION - An Ad Agency Staffed by Former Addicts

The Creative Matters Agency helps people in recovery learn new skills and make the most of their unusual expertise ...

http://www.good.is/posts/an-ad-agency-staffed-by-former-addict

EDUCATION - Interactive Maps Show How English Words Translate Across Europe

Here's a fun language web toy to while away your afternoon. Type in an English word, and you'll see a map of how that word translates in different parts of Europe.Read more...    ...

http://io9.com/interactive-maps-shows-how-english-words-translate-acro

EDUCATION - Should feminism be taught in primary schools?

Our children’s education is reinforcing the idea that it is natural for women and girls to be decorative, whereas men and boys are the active ones. Do we want them to be learning blind faith in gender stereotypes ...

http://www.good.is/posts/should-feminism-be-taught-in-primary-school

EDUCATION - Real learning without school

Whether you love or hate 'school', we are naturally born as learners. Does school really help ...

http://www.good.is/posts/real-learning-without-schoo

EDUCATION - Education and culture affect children's understanding of the human body

Experiences of life and death can help children's understanding of the human body and its function, according to research by psychologists at the University of East Anglia ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-03-culture-affect-children-human-bo

EDUCATION - Sparking Curiosity And Creativity To Ignite Change In Rural India

“Without being curious you can’t understand why things happen, let alone change them.The vision we have is for a nation of curious people. If India can become a nation of curious people-of producers, creators, thinkers, solution-finders-most other things will then fall into place." Watch Ramji Raghavan, Ashoka- The Lemelson Foundation Fellow, Founder of Agastya International Foundatio ...

http://www.good.is/posts/sparking-curiosity-and-creativity-to-ignite-c

EDUCATION - The Power of Interest in Education

Another great post by Annie Murphy Paul on how "Interest" leads and influences learnin ...

http://www.good.is/posts/the-power-of-interest-in-educatio

EDUCATION - Want your kid to learn? Start a co-op!

Public, private, or charter? For some Pasadena parents, the answer is none of the above. Using a Silicon Valley model of start-up meets parent-cooperative, local parents have founded the Oasis Trilingual Community School, a "thematic and inquiry-based school" that will have equal instruction in English, Mandarin, and Spanish. Parents plan to keep tuition low by having a "side business" to funnel funds to the school and maintain strong parent inv ...

http://www.good.is/posts/want-your-kid-to-learn-start-a-co-o

EDUCATION - Educators Join The Movement And Launch Startups In 54 Hours

Teacherpreneurs movement is growing with more educators brining their ideas to life. Startup Weekend is a great example of how educators can make a change in education: team up with developers, designers and business people and get your idea into people's hands ...

http://www.good.is/posts/educators-join-the-movement-and-launch-startu

EDUCATION - Study: Classroom focus on social and emotional skills can lead to academic gains

Classroom programs designed to improve elementary school students' social and emotional skills can also increase reading and math achievement, even if academic improvement is not a direct goal of the skills building, according to a study to be published this month in American Educational Research Journal (AERJ). The benefit holds true for students across a range of socio-economic backgrounds ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-classroom-focus-social-emotional-skills.h

EDUCATION - How to give young people a free college education (and no, its not a MOOC)

What if you could use the free cultural resources of a city, plus the web and shards of donated time from academics, to create a “free university”? – what if you could draw together what’s already out there into a series of undergraduate/college level courses for young school-leavers and workers who would otherwise be priced out of the higher education market altogether?That’s what Jonny Mundey and Barbara Gunnell set out to do when they founded ...

http://www.good.is/posts/how-to-give-young-people-a-free-college-educa

EDUCATION - Mom shares teacher's 'brilliant' secret for fighting bullying, easing loneliness

Glennon Doyle Melton calls it a “brilliant Love Ninja strategy,” and she proudly told the world about it.Melton, a writer and mother of three, learned about the secret method her son’s fifth teacher uses to help prevent bullying one day when she went to the teacher for math help.    ...

http://www.today.com/moms/mom-shares-teachers-brilliant-secret-fightin

EDUCATION - The crazy things we say to our kids, illustrated

Nathan Ripperger, 30, does graphic design and video production work in his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. He’s also the father of four boys — Noah, 9; Owen, 6; Micah, 4; and Liam, 3.The boys are a great source of inspiration to their creative dad.    ...

http://www.today.com/moms/crazy-things-we-say-our-kids-illustrated-2D7

EDUCATION - How I Built a Platform For Movie Studios To Support Education

I found my diary from when I was 10. I turned it into a script. Then, I made a movie. John Cusack narrated. Our soundtrack was 80s gold. We won Audience Awards and Best Feature Film—at over a dozen amazing festivals. We played at PIXAR. Played at Harvard. Played around the world. And then, we were orphaned. Independent film distribution collapsed. Blockbuster Video went bankrupt. Releasing arms shuttered. No films were bought our festival year. ...

http://www.good.is/posts/how-i-built-a-platform-for-movie-studios-to-s

EDUCATION - How States Are Shifting College Costs to Students

While public colleges have kept their costs flat, state support has falle ...

http://nybw.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-03/how-states-are-shifti