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Philosophy programme in UK schools benefits wellbeing and grades
It may not be a big surprise to learn that children who learn philosophical thinking are more confident and patient, but new evidence shows that philosophy lessons can also improve reading and maths...
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Good Business: Jake Noel-Storr, InsightSTEM
Non-profit organisation InsightSTEM provides a host of explorative learning techniques to help people become more comfortable with science, technology, engineering and mathematics – and not a text book...
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Learning is for life, says new alternative education project
Greta Rossi left her career in mainstream higher education to start Akasha Innovation, where a new venture aims to help young people build a better future for themselves and generations to come
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Five stories to make back to school bearable
With the majority of UK schools now back after the summer break, we round up our favourite stories highlighting some of the positive changes being made in education
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Education for Middle Eastern refugees could help save lost generation
As conflict rages in the Middle East, children are being taken out of school and put to work, but a number of initiatives are now working to reverse the trend
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New chance for young mothers
More than 3,000 young mothers and pregnant girls have registered for UNICEF's back-to-school programmeThe post New chance for young mothers appeared first on Positive News.
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Getting to the root of cultural understanding in Brussels
In multicultural areas of the Belgian capital, an education project is drawing on family history to foster understanding and integration. Veronique Mistiaen investigatesThe post Getting to the root of...
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The sky’s the limit for South African space project girls
South African schoolgirls are helping to create Africa’s first privately-funded satellite in an effort to reset the gender balance in maths and technologyThe post The sky’s the limit for South African...
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Benin children freed from captivity
Hundreds of children in Benin have been freed in a significant victory against the damaging voodoo ‘convents’ in the country.The post Benin children freed from captivity appeared first on Positive News.
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A Glasgow welcome
Ostracised throughout Europe for centuries, Roma immigrants are finding Glasgow more welcoming. Education and trust-building are at the heart of the city’s attempts at cultural integrationThe post A...
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Creating change in Sierra Leone, one sip at a time
Social entrepreneur Jerry Lockspeiser describes how his new book helps take the confusion out of wine, while helping create lasting change in Sierra LeoneThe post Creating change in Sierra Leone, one...
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5 things you might not expect schoolchildren to say (but these ones do)
We met students from around the world who attend ‘positive education’ institutions. Their thoughts capture how the model could rewrite the rules around learningThe post 5 things you might not expect...
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Urging students to teach themselves
The Hole in the Wall experiment, carried out in the slums of India by education professor Sugata Mitra in 1999, suggested that children, without direction, will seek out new knowledge. More than 15...
View Article5 things you might not expect schoolchildren to say (but these ones do)
We met students from around the world who attend ‘positive education’ institutions. Their thoughts capture how the model could rewrite the rules around learning The post 5 things you might not expect...
View ArticleUrging students to teach themselves
The Hole in the Wall experiment, carried out in the slums of India by education professor Sugata Mitra in 1999, suggested that children, without direction, will seek out new knowledge. More than 15...
View ArticleRole play: teaching gender equality in India
From picking apart pop songs to acting out the experience of a girl walking the streets, a creative education programme in India is challenging ingrained gender stereotypes. Could starting young break...
View Article‘Nature deserves better than resignation and negativity’
Mary Colwell is the driving force behind a petition to urge the government to develop a GCSE in natural history. She explains why she believes the qualification could address conservation apathy The...
View ArticleThe school helping traumatised children thrive
Staff at a US high school created an environment built on empathy and redemption. Using a framework called trauma-informed care, they acknowledged childhood trauma when addressing behavioural issues –...
View ArticleThe kickstarter: changing young lives in London with motorbikes
We spend a day with Neil Monaghan, who heads up operations at the Archway Project in Thamesmead, London. It teaches disadvantaged and disabled young people how to fix motorbikes – and alters their...
View ArticleMore than half the MPs elected this week went to comprehensive schools
More than half the MPs in the new House of Commons are state educated, research shows The post More than half the MPs elected this week went to comprehensive schools appeared first on Positive News.
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