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How a Mobile Game Can Help You Breathe

How a Mobile Game Can Help You Breathe

Most people overlook the importance of trees to human health and happiness. Trees improve air quality, moderate climate, reduce storm water runoff, harbor wildlife, and beautify our neighborhoods – all vital to keeping our ecosystems and our communities alive and prosperous. Trees are critical to planet and human health, and…
Study Reveals School Children Have More Homework Load

Study Reveals School Children Have More Homework Load

Primary school children have a homework load 3X the amount recommended by the National Education Association (NEA), according to a new study by researchers from Brown University School of Medicine, Children's National Health System, Brandeis University, Rhode Island College, and the New England Center for Pediatric Psychology, with outreach provided…
NASA Invites Education Reporters to Get #spacED at Johnson

NASA Invites Education Reporters to Get #spacED at Johnson

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is inviting education-focused media to attend a two-day #spacED event on Sept. 15 and 16. The event will highlight the International Space Station and the one-year mission with astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. As students and educators get into the flow of…
Hatch English Language Learners Software for Preschool

Hatch English Language Learners Software for Preschool

Hatch, Inc., a leading provider of educational technology and classroom materials for early childhood, announces new Shell Squad Adventures – Dual Language software for preschool classrooms. Young English Language Learners (ELL) advance through 18 learning games and earn hidden rewards as they develop early literacy and math skills in Spanish,…
Role of Internet in Education: RMN Foundation Workshop

Role of Internet in Education: RMN Foundation Workshop

RMN Foundation, which is an educational and public charitable organization, held a workshop Sunday, July 26, on the “Role of Internet in Education” for the students of its “Friends of the Future” school in New Delhi. Anchored by Sanjay Gupta, an experienced technology writer, the workshop informed the students about…
RMN Foundation to Open Free Schools for Deserving Children

RMN Foundation to Open Free Schools for Deserving Children

RMN Foundation, which is an educational and public charitable organization, is now opening its new schools for deserving children. Christened “Friends of the Future,” these schools will provide modern education free of charge to poor, orphaned, and disadvantaged children in all parts of India and abroad. Using the non-traditional pedagogical…
British Council Partners with Schools in India

British Council Partners with Schools in India

The British Council, UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities in partnership with various schools across the country, is organising a week-long series of events around school education. The ‘Schools Week’ began Wednesday with the launch of the British Council’s ‘Generation UK India Teaching Assistants Programme.’ The ‘Schools…