Reform-minded educators eager to learn about Finlandās highly successful school system often are shocked to find that elementary-level students have a four-hour day, do little homework, rarely take tests and donāt even start school until age seven.
A mental health pioneer who explored the basis of schizophrenia and the way mental disorders are classified has won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
Non-violent resistance brings about political change much more effectively than the use of violence, say two scholars who have won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
The 30-minute work is a highly innovative fusion of musical and visual art, said award director Marc Satterwhite.
Providing equally good schooling for all American childrenā rich or poor and regardless of raceāwould improve the nation’s failing education system.
A book filled with fresh insights on the relationship between black politics and religion has earned its author the 2012 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Friend or foe? Fast or slow? Left or right? As an object approaches, people have to assess what and where it is to know how to respond.
International peacekeeping works better when the people trying to do that job pay attention to local conflicts in the countries they are trying to help.
āViolin Concerto,ā a piece by Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
New Grawemeyer winners to be named Nov. 28-Dec. 2