Education
Fostering intellectual growth and creating opportunity throughout the world.
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04-16-20
Help Students Understand the Fundamentals of Finance
To make smart financial decisions, people need the right knowledge and skills. Surveys from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have revealed that Americans have relatively low...
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04-16-20
COVID-19 Learning at Home: Building Boats With Legos, Creating Origami Ships, and More…
The Steamship Historical Society of America (SSHSA), headquartered in Warwick, has ramped up its educational offerings during the COVID-19 era with a wide range of online enrichment activities and lesson plans for educators, parents, students in grades K-12, and anyone interested in broadening th...
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04-15-20
Nickelodeon Research Reveals Kids’ and Parents’ COVID-19 Fears
Originally published by ViacomCBS
By Tara Weiss
Shielding kids from the reality of COVID-19 is nearly impossible, new inte...
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04-15-20
Using Project-Based Learning to Develop 21st Century Skills
In today’s classrooms, students need more than academic knowledge to thrive in college, careers and beyond. As a result, educators are dually tasked with increasing core subject comprehension and developing 21st-century skills, especially in STEM. Project-based learning (PBL) is designed to do bo...
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04-15-20
Kennewick, Washington 4th Grader Wins National 2020 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge
In a cooking challenge designed to engage school students in creating and enjoying healthier eating habits, Lexie Jauregui, a fourth grader from Kennewick, Washington, was selected as the national winner of the 10th annual
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04-15-20
Virtual Learning Resources From Responsibility.org’s Ask, Listen, Learn and Discovery Education Spark Conversations at Home During Alcohol Responsibility Month
Parents are the leading influence on their kids’ decision to drink – or not to drink – alcohol. With students and families homebound during April, Alcohol Responsibility Month, they can turn to a diverse array of digital resources from Ask, Listen, Learn in partnership with Discovery Edu...
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04-15-20
Undeniably Dairy: Caring for Cows and Nourishing Communities
As part of their educational initiative called Undeniably Dairy, America’s dairy farmers and Discovery Education offer a suite of no-cost virtual learning resources that take middle school students behind-the-scenes of the dairy community. Whether...
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04-14-20
PEBBLES™ Cereal Launches New Video Series to Help Parents and Inspire Creativity in Kids With the “Daily Yabba Dabba Doo™”
The PEBBLES™ cereal brand is launching a “Daily YABBA DABBA DOO™” video series to support families and creative professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting Wednesday, April 15, PEBBLES cereal will post a daily video on Facebook, Instagram and the PEBBLES cere...
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04-10-20
Visual Learning Resource App Provides Free Supplemental Curriculum to 100+ Nursing and Medical Schools
In response to the recent campus closures due to COVID-19, medical, physician assistant, nursing and nurse practitioner schools scrambling to provide distance learning options for students are turning to a research-proven visual learning platform. Educators can now easily assign the Picmonic app’...
