learning Archives

Personal Growth

How a Montessori education prepares children for a life of caring

The holistic approach of Maria Montessori is designed to help all children become truly capable and productive individuals by focusing on…

5 mins
43

Inspiring People

New York’s public library system ends late fees forever

New York City's public libraries will no longer charge late fees and will waive existing fines for overdue books and other…

5 mins
153

Sustainable Planet

LEGO® reveals their first brick made from recycled plastic

The LEGO Group has unveiled a prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled PET bottles, the latest step in a journey to…

5 mins
153

Sustainable Planet

Climate Change Education now compulsory in Italian Schools

In a world’s first, schools in Italy will now be required to teach mandatory climate change lessons.

3 mins
178

Good Stuff

Soccer star activist Marcus Rashford to gift books to thousands of UK kids who have never owned one

Footballer and anti-poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford MBE says he is aiming to ‘reach the most vulnerable children via the breakfast club…

3 mins
31

Inspiring People

Spectacular plant-covered school with unique rooftop “Infinity” cycle track planned in India

The “Forest” is the wining entry in a design competition for a school project sited in Pune, India: the design explores…

4 mins
186

Inspiring People

More and More US Libraries Are Going Fine-Free

As the traditional penalties for overdue books are being waived, book lovers are flocking back to these magnificent repositories of knowledge:…

7 mins
61

Better Society

The Mobile Camel Library in Ethiopia Takes Remote Learning To New Levels ??

Camel library gives kids in some of Ethiopia’s most remote villages a unique opportunity to continue reading and learning, despite COVID-19…

5 mins
76

Good Stuff

It’s never too late to learn: 96-year-old Italian graduates college… and used a typewriter!

At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life — childhood poverty, WWII and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Now…

6 mins
55

Good Stuff

Iowa carpenter used secret fortune to put 33 strangers through college

Dale Schroeder—who worked at the same construction company for 67 years—stipulated that his nearly $3 million in savings be used to…

3 mins
23

You are using an outdated browser

learning

Latest Stories

How a Montessori education prepares children for a life of caring

New York’s public library system ends late fees forever

LEGO® reveals their first brick made from recycled plastic

Climate Change Education now compulsory in Italian Schools

Soccer star activist Marcus Rashford to gift books to thousands of UK kids who have never owned one

Spectacular plant-covered school with unique rooftop “Infinity” cycle track planned in India

More and More US Libraries Are Going Fine-Free

The Mobile Camel Library in Ethiopia Takes Remote Learning To New Levels ??

It’s never too late to learn: 96-year-old Italian graduates college… and used a typewriter!

Iowa carpenter used secret fortune to put 33 strangers through college

New User Registration