The Invention That Changed School Forever
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
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Japanese educators sample DODEA schools’ co-teaching methods on Okinawa
Bob Hope Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Tameko Kekiwi, left, works with Futenma Daini Elementary School teacher Kotono Arasaki to prepare a lesson at her school on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on ...
Study investigates the gendered focus on the Japanese language-learning boom in postcolonial Korea
In the 1960s, Japanese books became immensely popular in South Korea. Interestingly, Korean newspapers often wrote about this ...
Murray McCory, JanSport founder who created school backpack, dies at 80
Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.
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Why Are We Putting Keychains on Designer Bags?
While some Birkin owners have turned their luxury purses into oversized, leather charm bracelets, it’s hardly the only design ...
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The Longchamp craze on campus: Bags are the newest form of self-expression
The Le Pliage tote leads the shift from backpacks to shoulder bags on campus, combining effortless style and self-expression ...
At 18, she dreamed about moving to Japan. When she turned 50, she quit her job and bought an abandoned home near Osaka.
Right before her 50th birthday last year, Chani decided something in her life had to change. She'd been working as a Japanese-language teacher in a school in Brisbane, Australia, for six years, and ...
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The Best Japanese Melbourne Restaurants, 2024 Edition
Want to relive that Japanese holiday, or get your eye in before you head overseas? You're in luck, because Melbourne is full of top-tier Japanese restaurants. Whether you’re craving sushi, ramen, ...
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Chinese social media still full of anti-Japanese posts one month after boy’s fatal stabbing; malicious videos gain large number of views
On Sept. 18, a 44-year-old Chinese man fatally stabbed the boy on a road near a Japanese school. Anti-Japanese comments on social media are said to have contributed to incidents in China in which ...
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Expat community uneasy 1 month after killing of Japanese boy in China
Students of a Japanese school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and their parents were still haunted by the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy as Friday marked one month since the incident, with ...
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Learning Japanese with games and anime is easier than ever
Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...
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See how this Michigan school is using faraday bags to block cellphones in classrooms
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Students are less distracted and more engaged in learning at a West Michigan high school thanks to a bag. Northview High School, in a suburb of Grand Rapids, has implemented ...