Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal

For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as effortless sounding as the Hour of Code (offered by Code.org) and as obviously ambitious as Code Year ...
Education Week

Future Teachers Are Unfamiliar With Basic ‘Learning Science,’ Report Finds

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...
Business Wire

SPRIX, Promoting More Information and Communication Technologies for Education in Japan, Surveyed 22,000 Children and Parents in 11 Countries Globally on Learning

Parent Involvement and Child Motivation Related to Child Learning Retention Rates TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SPRIX Research Institute, operated by SPRIX (Headquarters: Toshima Ward, Tokyo)(Representative ...
World Bank

Fixing the Foundation: Teachers and Basic Education in East Asia and Pacific

More than half of 10-year-olds in most middle-income East Asia and Pacific countries are unable to read and understand an age-appropriate text. Strong skills cannot be built on weak foundations. And ...