Education Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:02:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Education Archives - Positive News 32 32 Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’ https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/rethinking-adhd-as-hypercuriosity/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:02:44 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=566425 Can impulsivity and distraction be signs of intense curiosity, not disorder, and should classrooms adapt?

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]]> Climate learning gets a boost from dragons https://www.positive.news/economics/good-business/climate-learning-gets-a-boost-from-dragons/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:56:23 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=562954 A UK startup has won multiple investors on Dragons’ Den with its AI-powered climate education game

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]]> The Syrian volunteers rebuilding their shattered schools https://www.positive.news/society/education/the-syrian-volunteers-rebuilding-their-shattered-schools/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:12:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=562908 Limited state funding for rebuilding schools in Syria has seen parents taking things into their own hands

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]]> Beyond the classroom, the hands-on outdoor projects transforming young lives https://www.positive.news/society/youth/beyond-the-classroom-the-hands-on-outdoor-projects-transforming-young-lives/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:00:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=551794 Amid a youth mental health crisis, young people are finding meaning in gritty jobs – including mucking out pigs

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]]> Rewilding the curriculum: natural history GCSE to be introduced in the UK https://www.positive.news/society/greening-curriculum-new-natural-history-gcse-introduced-uk/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:21:08 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=520790 One of the first fresh GCSEs in a decade will teach students about the climate crisis, sustainability and the natural environment

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]]> What went right in 2024: the top 25 good news stories of the year https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2024-the-good-news-that-mattered/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=508543 There were ‘mind-blowing’ medical advances, species came back from the brink, renewables defied naysayers, and more

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]]> Mind the gaps: how one UK university is working to support its least advantaged students https://www.positive.news/society/mind-the-gaps-how-one-uk-university-is-working-to-support-its-least-advantaged-students/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:22:38 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=501162 Amid the cost of living crisis, one university has launched a plan to address the financial and educational inequalities students face

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]]> What went right this week: ready-to-go climate solutions, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-39-of-2024/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:00:10 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=495207 Climate wins were there for the taking, England started building bison bridges, and California slowed down fast fashion, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: France’s ‘digital pause’, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-35-of-2024/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:00:28 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=491164 France introduced a ‘digital pause’, Europe’s ‘blue heart’ was saved, and manatee conservation was brought into focus, plus more 

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]]> What went right this week: helping kids to spot fake news, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-33-of-2024/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:00:59 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=490026 Media literacy is coming to the English curriculum, US opioid deaths are falling, and refill shopping is going mainstream, plus more

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