CBC K-W The Morning Edition: Quick courses help students with EQAO testing
"A Waterloo start-up has created an app that offers free micro courses for EQAO math and university courses. Minute School's founder and CEO, Tushar Singh, explains how it works." Listen to the interview.
Preparing for High School Math Tests & Exams
Countless high school students are currently preparing for writing math tests and exams, and for those in Ontario, the EQAO Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics. After speaking with high school math teachers and our co-op students (who previously wrote standardized math...
Vera Rubin & the Galaxy Rotation Problem
The year of 2016 saw the loss of many well-known people. On December 25th, the astrophysics community said goodbye to renowned astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin. Although born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928, Rubin resided in Princeton, New Jersey. She pursued an...
Growth and Proficiency
Confirmation hearings have dominated news in the past few days and one in particular has made headline. Betsy DeVos's hearing to be Secretary of Education has made headlines by failing to answer a basic question on education policy: Growth vs Proficiency. So why the...
570 News: Waterloo-based “Minute School” receives $1.2 Million in funding from local investor
"A Waterloo-based startup that helps high school students better prepare for post-secondary education just received a big boost from a local, individual investor". Read the story here.
Waterloo start-up receives $1.2M to disrupt the education sector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waterloo start-up receives $1.2M to disrupt the education sector Waterloo, ON – Minute School, a start-up developing a new education platform based on “micro-courses,” has received a $1,200,000 from a local, individual investor to develop a wider...
Five Tips for Learning a New Language
At the beginning, learning a new language may seem a bit overwhelming. However, as you progress and improve, you soon realize that it is really fun! The key to learning a new language is to expose yourself to the language as much as possible. Here is a list of a few...
Struggling with Sleep
Lack of sleep has been correlated to a decrease in grades. A 2015 study found that: "increasing sleep by one hour was associated with an increase of 11% on course grade." As the title suggests, I struggle with sleep in that I get far too little sleep. However, this is...
New Term? Hit Refresh
New Year days, birthdays, and the first day of term (a personal favourite). Though we acknowledge that these dates are arbitrary, their novelty still incites us to better ourselves. On the morning of the New Year, one’s birthday, or the first day of term, our...
An Exciting Adventure Ahead
I have a passion for astrophysics, and I am currently studying at the University of Waterloo in the Honours Co-operative Physics and Astronomy program. When you’re a university student in your first couple of years, there is one question that you will inevitably be...