Badges From Clever Allow Youngest Kids to Streamline Logins
(Photo: Clever) Educational technology startup Clever has announced a new badge system that allows children to log onto apps by taking a picture of a custom code with the camera on their computer. The company, which already has an established presence in close to half of U.S. schools, said the product will help students log into hundreds of […]
You WON’T believe the HORRIFYING original fairy tales behind our favourite kids’ films
SLEEPING BEAUTY was raped, The Little Mermaid died, Pinocchio hanged himself, Little Red Riding Hood was eaten and Santa has an evil version called Krampus in the gruesome original fairy stories. We count down our Top 9 Twisted and Terrifying Fairy Tales. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Generation Z Survey Shows Kids Expect Technology
(Photo: Leeroy, Creative Commons) The new Gen Z survey has been recently, showing the educational and technological expectations of middle and high school students from across the United States. Those in Generation Z include students born between the mid/late 1990s and early 2000s — the generation to come after Millennials. While the oldest members of the generation […]
500 Kids Mistakenly Accepted to Top Chicago Public School
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) An “unidentified internal error” in enrolling transfer students in Chicago has ended with Chicago Public Schools telling hundreds of families that their children had been accepted for a seat in the exceptional North Side school this week when, in fact, they had not. LaSalle Elementary magnet school campus, located in the Old […]
Julia Steiny: How Governments Abuse and Neglect Kids
(Photo: George Hodan, Creative Commons) By Julia Steiny When still young and blissfully naive, I was appointed to the Providence School Board. I was sure my clever, well-informed interview with the outgoing Mayor had knocked it out of the park. I later discovered I was merely a goad to the in-coming Mayor. No big deal; […]
Guess what the little kids from Mrs Doubtfire look like now?
ROBIN WILLIAMS stole the show in Mrs Doubtfire, but those kids were pretty damned cute, too. Guess what the two littlest ones look like now? Daily Express :: Films Feed
One Fruit Drink Can Contain Full Day’s Worth of Sugar for Kids, Study Says
(Photo: Steven Depolo, Creative Commons) A new study conducted in the UK found that a single serving of many commercially sold juices and drinks can contain a full day’s worth of sugar in one serving – and one US nutrition expert was not surprised. “I believe the results would be very similar if this study was conducted […]
Video Games May Have Positive Effects on Kids, Study Says
Parents who are worried about their children sitting in front of a screen playing video games may be able to stop fretting. A recent study has discovered that young gamers might have better skills intellectually and socially than kids who do not spend hours playing video games, says Kirill Kallinikov of the Russian publication RT. The […]
Persistent Snoring in Kids May Signal Sleep Apnea Problems
Frequent snoring or breathing problems during sleep may lead to an increase in lowered concentration levels and learning disabilities in children. A study published in the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, and conducted by Gunnhildur Gudnadottir, a researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, reported that kids with ongoing snoring experience a reduction in their […]
VIDEO: ‘The Revenant is an ELEPHANT’ Hilarious kids explain the Oscar-nominated films
NO TIME to watch all the Oscar-nominated films? This bunch of clever kids explain that John F Kennedy was in The Martian, The Revenant is the name of an elephant and that Max was Mad because he needed a nap Daily Express :: Films Feed