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The elementary school “Gianni Rodari” in Modena, Italy, has recently added to the traditional report card another module where numbers or words are replaced by emoticons. The school manager Dr. Daniele Barca explains that it is intended as “a way to help children to evaluate themselves”. At the end of the first four months ofRead more

For the third year running, an elementary school in Ireland is ditching homework for the whole month of December and assigning ‘acts of kindness’ instead. Each weekday, kids attending Gaescoil Mhichil Ui Choileain, in Clonakilty, are given a kindness task instead of the usual school homework. For instance, on Mondays they have to talk toRead more