An escape room ( escape room , literally, in Spanish) consists of one or more physical or virtual rooms from which the participants must escape by solving puzzles, mysteries or finding clues. Its current boom has been transferred to the educational context in all its areas ( nursery , primary , secondary , vocational training and university ) because it is an attractive and very playful experience that captures […] … learn more→

One of the consequences of the problem of depopulated Spain is that there are not many rural schools, and most of them are probably not very well equipped. And yet these schools are essential to address the problem of low population density in these areas, as they help to establish population and attract new inhabitants. A […] … learn more→

When the pandemic first closed schools in March 2020, it was an emergency response that upended the typical priorities of public education. Schools suddenly needed to distribute laptops and tablets, set up Wi-Fi hot spots, check on families and distribute food previously served in cafeterias – all while continuing to teach children. Even before the pandemic, […] … learn more→

Families with children can save US$11 to $39 per month, or $132 to $468 per year, on groceries through the Community Eligibility Provision – a federal program through which high-poverty schools or districts provide free breakfast and lunch to all students regardless of family income. This is according to a new study that uses data on purchases made by 40,000 […] … learn more→

An infographic is a visual piece in which complex ideas are represented through a mixture of elements, such as maps, graphs, tables, sounds, illustrations, etc. Its main objective is to explain a message in a simpler, more attractive and summarized way. Its purpose is educational. In the search for new strategies for knowledge transfer in the classroom, […] … learn more→

Kindergartners who act out, disrupt classrooms, get angry and argue with their teachers are especially likely to be bullied once they reach third, fourth and fifth grade, our research group has found. We continue to investigate bullying in U.S. elementary schools, but our initial findings indicate that the odds that disruptive kindergartners will be shoved, pushed or […] … learn more→

For adults, communicating in our first language feels easy and natural. Yet learning language is a complex process that is influenced by several factors. When young children are beginning to learn language, some influences, such as the amount of speech a child hears and the amount of time they spend in back-and-forth language interactions with others, have what may […] … learn more→

It is not only important what we are taught but where we learn it. It is not the same to receive classes in dark, cold and echoing rooms, than in rooms with good light, good acoustics and views of nature. The design and distribution of educational spaces, something that is usually considered secondary, if it is […] … learn more→

To the untrained eye, the small community garden on Coast and Straits Salish territory — on what passersby commonly know as the University of Victoria campus — might look unruly. Bursting with dandelions, lamb’s ear and grasses, it’s difficult to tell where the garden starts and where it ends. Wondering where those boundaries begin and end has […] … learn more→

If you could choose which language to speak before you were born, which language would you choose? The linguist Noam Chomsky affirmed that the reason for the use of language in human beings is due to the need to express thought, and that we all have an abstract mental device capable of generating any sentence in any […] … learn more→