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Tag: education
Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past?
This article was originally featured on Undark. Back in the year 2000, sitting in his small home office in California’s Mill Valley, surrounded by stacks of spreadsheets, Jay Rosner hit one of those dizzying moments of dismay. An attorney and the executive director of The Princeton Review Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the private test-preparation and […]
7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals
When your kid shows an interest in animals, they may also want to learn more about becoming a veterinarian. Use this guide to nurture your child’s interest.
In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround
Over the past year, PEN America documented 1,648 different book titles facing censorship challenges in across the US.
Ransomware hackers hit a massive Los Angeles School system over the weekend
Over 540,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students and at least 70,000 employees were the target of a massive ransomware attack over Labor Day weekend, the latest in a string of troubling and dangerous hacks to hit American public school districts. Although authorities have not identified the culprit, anonymous sources told the Associated Press on […]
The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them
Educational apps and devices lare a surprisingly lucrative source of data for advertisers. Built-in tools can help keep your family’s data private.
How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying
A team in Kansas will be creating a “digital twin” of an Apache helicopter by scanning in its 5,000 to 6,000 parts. Here’s why—and how.
Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.
The math app, currently in beta testing, caters towards elementary school students as well as older adults.
Pack in more savings before it’s time to go back to school thanks to Amazon
The sun is hot, the pool is cool, so you know what that means: It’s almost time to go back to school. And your little one can’t fill their head with knowledge without a stylish vessel to fill with their books, pens, and snacks. Enter the Champion Momentum backpack, available as low as $30 (depending […]
The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family
The only sister of PopSci’s founder, botanist and educator Eliza Ann Youmans most often appears in biographers of her brother. This is her story.