Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone is a short documentary directed by Carol Dysinger and produced by Elena Andreicheva. It won an Oscar in the category for best short documentary. This is an important win, not just for women who’re doing their best to break through the male-dominated Hollywood world, […]
An 8-year-old boy has been denied admittance by several schools on the basis of his long hair. Now, his mother is fighting to change the policies. His mother, Bonnie Miller from the UK has been searching for schools that her son Farouk James, who became an Instagram star because of […]
Despite the compelling data that homework takes away family time and has no advantages for students, children are still given piles of tasks to complete outside of school. And despite data that small kindnesses can bring a positivity in a community, too many children are being bullied or bullying someone […]
A middle school teacher from Texas uses one of the most unique ways to keep her students’ focus and attention while giving lessons from science. Rather than cracking books and memorizing formulas, students from the 6th grade class of the teacher Lea McFarthing learn science in the most amazing way- […]
Germany’s parliament has passed a law which will make measles vaccination for schoolchildren mandatory. This measure was passed with a major majority and according to the new law, all children who’re in school or at a nursery, need to be vaccinated. According to the new law, parents who can’t prove […]
When Cornelia Reynolds found her 8-year-old boy, Gabriel Taye, laying on the floor after coming from school on January, 26th, 2017, she began CPR and called 911. However, her attempts and that of the paramedics to revive the boy were unsuccessful because he no longer had a pulse. As they […]
Malawi is one of the most concentrated regions for child marriage in the world. Unfortunately, 50 percent of the girls there get married prior to the age of 18th and a quarter of maternal deaths happen in cases of teen pregnancy. However, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto is trying to change this. […]
A Colorado school district introduced a 4-day week because they’re trying out schedule which is increasingly spreading among rural countries in the state. According to statements by the district, this schedule will save them around a million dollars on a yearly basis. However, parents who work on Mondays believe that […]
Despite the recent warnings that too much sitting is worsening the health of Americans, most people have not changed the amount of time they spend sitting and are actually sitting more than before. One study done in April discovered that in the period from 2001 and 2016, the amount that […]
Did you know that when children are acting out and screaming, they are usually behaving like that because they do not know a better way to release their emotions? The child yells and cannot stay calm because he/she is battling with an array of complex feelings which are completely new […]