Turns out, sitting hunched over a desk for eight hours a day isn't all that great for a kid's posture, and the spinal contortions needed to lean over a flat desk certainly do nothing for a student's ability to focus on the day's lessons. However, this rolling chair from Dublin-based industrial design firm Perch aims to keep kids upright, comfortable, and engaged through the magic of deforming plastic. Read More >>
The state of Information and Communications Technology in UK schools is at a low. The ICT curriculum's been criticised by Education minister Michael Gove; Google's Eric Schmidt, and the Royal Society's collective mega-brain. Pupils still view ICT as buttoned-up nerdery rather than the exciting subject that it ought to be, in a world that's now utterly reliant on the things it covers. Last year, two people sat down in a Shoreditch pub and came up with an idea that could turn that around. Read More >>
Featured comment by josephniet:
"Exactly the same when I was at school.
Flash was the big thing at the time, and I was really interested in learning actionscript and XML. I had abso..." More »
A draft version of the new primary school curriculum has been criticised for leaving out key historical figures, like that woman who was queen for ages. And that bloke who did all those bridges. Read More >>
Featured comment by My Pseudonym:
"I admitted that I sounded like I replied for Julian.
If you want a cup of tea, when does warm water help? you need hot.
-Eton fees per year = £..." More »
Due to Eric Schmidt's recent friendship with North Korea, his karmic balance is skewed way towards the bad. His solution? Give 15,000 cute little Raspberry Pis to the poor under-teched schoolchildren of Britain. Oh, and of course, have the obligatory semi-creepy photo of him posing with an ethnically representative sample of kiddies. That'll make it all better, Eric. Read More >>
The bizarre and rather popular NeverSeconds blog, which featured photos of the school dinners served up to a Scottish schoolgirl each day, has been told to stop publishing photos due to pressure from the local council. Twitter's up in arms about this crushing of a brave young blogger's enthusiasm. Read More >>
Featured comment by smurfydog:
"With a few exceptions, that looks about on par - maybe better - than what I eat for lunch most days.
And even then I'd put myself in the top half of ..." More »
Students, teachers, and parents in New York State don't know what to make of this bizarre question on the state exams. Let's see if you can do better. Sharpen your pencils! But first, everyone's familiar with the story of the pineapple and the hare, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by CaptainLove:
"By analysing the patterns in the text (which is only shown in the printed version of the test) it becomes clear that prior to the race all animals wer..." More »
Google has added a separate sensible area to YouTube, gathering together all of its educational output into a locked-down channel it's calling YouTube for Schools. Read More >>
A Welsh primary school blew its book budget on buying 16 iPads and 20 iPods back in February, with the poor teachers having to learn as much new stuff as the kids. Read More >>
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