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What Are the Advantages of Peer Learning?

What Are the Advantages of Peer Learning?

Peer learning – which is being effectively used as a pedagogical method at RMN Foundation school – has enormous benefits for students. By Rakesh Raman In their weekly communication skills development program Educhat, the students of RMN Foundation school in New Delhi discussed the advantages of peer learning on Sunday,…
RMN Foundation School Students Depict Dengue with Drawings

RMN Foundation School Students Depict Dengue with Drawings

RMN Foundation school students took to drawings to spread the awareness about Dengue, exhorting people to stay in a hygienic environment. By Rakesh Raman As Dengue virus is spreading at an alarming pace in India's capital New Delhi, the disease has already claimed nearly 20 lives in the ongoing outbreak.…
L’Oreal Helps Children with Special Medical Needs

L’Oreal Helps Children with Special Medical Needs

More than 850 employees, suppliers and volunteers participated in L'Oreal USA's annual "Fore the Children" charity event on Tuesday, September 15, raising $700,000 for Children's Specialized Hospital of New Jersey. Established in 2008, the event has continued to grow, raising nearly $4 million over that timespan for the Hospital which…
Are Educated Indian Students Employable? No, Says the Survey

Are Educated Indian Students Employable? No, Says the Survey

As Indian schools fail miserably in providing the right education to students, a new 'Pearson Voice of Teacher Survey 2015' reveals that Indian students may be educated but they are not employment-ready. The survey further says that the Indian education assessment framework is lacking specific action points to enable comprehensive…
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…