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Report: High School Reform at Risk Without Better Data
In the high-stakes movement to reformulate the mission of our nation’s high schools to focus on student readiness for college and careers, a new research report from Educational Testing Service… Read more
States using 9-11 for surveillance of its citizens
The weekend of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, has caused many to reflect on the event itself, as well as the decade that we have experienced since. There have indeed… Read more
British Columbia schools cancelling recess
Two more school districts, both on Vancouver Island, have cancelled recess in response to teachers’ decision not to supervise students on the playground as part of a job action commenced… Read more
How to go 1:1 – iPads for Education
Is your school jumping on the 1:1 iPad wagon this year? If so, you’re likely excited yet perhaps a bit anxious about implementing hardware and software with which you might… Read more
Boy sent to school in Albania after parents reject British education
A couple have taken the extraordinary step in sending their six-year-old son to study in Albania – 1,321 miles away. Petrit and Juliette Muca are sending their eldest… Read more
Pushy parents ‘applying to university on children’s behalf’
Admissions tutors told how rising numbers of mothers and fathers – along with grandparents – were accompanying children on university open days, writing their application form and even… Read more
Free school opponents ‘defending failure’, says David Cameron
In speech hailing new generation of free schools, prime minister pledges to raise standards and raises prospect of eliminating illiteracy Opponents of free schools are defending an educational… Read more
Pupils as young as seven carrying weapons into the classroom
Schoolchildren as young as seven are taking knives and other weapons into the classroom, research has revealed. The Centre for Social Justice claims a climate of fear is… Read more
Why I just looked blank when told of 9/11 attacks, by George Bush
George Bush today insisted he had deliberately appeared blank when told of the 9/11 attacks while visiting a Florida primary school in order to “project a sense of… Read more
Niger: West and Central Africa a “powder keg” after Gaddafi
NIAMEY, Niger — The defeat of Muammar Gaddafi will lead to a proliferation of arms and fighters in the desert areas of West and Central Africa turning the… Read more
