The vast majority of Americans are paying attention to reducing food waste with the oldest being the most cognizant, according to the latest Michigan State University (MSU) Food Literacy and Engagement Poll.
Environment
Feb 14, 2019
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Senior citizens and minority communities are the most common targets for online scams such as phishing and identity theft. These groups stand to benefit the most from digital literacy, yet they often have the lowest levels ...
Internet
Feb 6, 2019
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Starting this month, teaching students who fail or haven't yet taken the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) will not be able to teach in Victorian schools. Previously, around one in 20 teachers ...
Education
Jan 18, 2019
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Learning how to read may have some disadvantages for learning grammar. Children who cannot read yet often treat multiword phrases as wholes ("how-are-you"). After learning to read, children notice individual words more, as ...
Education
Dec 4, 2018
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What is the best way to teach children to read? This apparently simple question has, in fact, has been the subject of robust and often polarised debate.
Education
Dec 3, 2018
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Mathematics is causing headaches in schools across Canada, Australia and many other parts of the world. Teachers in both Canada and Australia feel neither competent nor confident in math and, frankly, they are the first to ...
Education
Nov 15, 2018
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Since the advent of home broadband, smartphones and other internet enabled devices, there has seen a shift in how we communicate with each other. The internet has certainly made many aspects of life easier, but for those ...
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2018
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The OECD consistently finds girls perform significantly better than boys in reading. This gap can also be observed across the Australian NAPLAN reading data.
Education
Oct 10, 2018
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France's recent decision to pass a law banning the use of cellphones, tablets and smart watches at school for children under 15 is just the latest example of moral panic around new digital technologies, according to a University ...
Education
Sep 21, 2018
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Have you clicked through to this article from your news feed? Are you checking it on your phone? More of us are consuming news online, and increasingly we're turning to social media for news. Social media platforms are now ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2018
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