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Mexican teacher unionists riot, burn offices and smash windows to protest education reforms
MEXICO CITY – Wild union antics aren’t isolated to the United States. Teachers unions around the world routinely outdo their American brothers and sisters. In Mexico, unionists recently rioted over… Read more
Croatia Suspends Sex Education In Schools
By Rebecca Klein – Croatia’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday to suspend all of the country’s sex education curriculum just months after public schools began teaching it. In February, Croatian Prime… Read more
Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28%, DfE calculates
New calculations released by Department for Education will boost those seeking to push stalled plans through The cost of childcare could be cut by as much as 28% if the… Read more
The Global Search for Education: Finnish Math Lessons
Research has sought to understand why more boys than girls excel in math and science in the U.S. “The gender gap in math and science achievement in Finland is rather… Read more
Nine in 10 children born to cohabiting couples this year will ‘see parents split by the time they are 16′
Among the parents of 15-year-olds who stayed together, 97% were married Nearly nine out of ten babies born to co-habiting parents this year will have seen their family break up… Read more
Tuition fees ‘could be limited to £6,000′
Tuition fees in England could be limited to £6,000 per year and remain cost-neutral to universities and the Treasury, a study commissioned by the Million+ group of universities says. The… Read more
40% of 11-year-olds cannot cover 25metres unaided
Average pupil spends just 8hrs 15mins each year in swimming lessons The number of children leaving primary school unable to swim has soared over the past year, the Amateur Swimming… Read more
Afghan students protest women’s rights decree
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women’s rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was… Read more
Mais non! French universities may teach in English
PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly is taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in… Read more
All students are equal, why fund them differently?
Kevin Donnelly – Both the Government’s Australian Education Bill and the Opposition’s new education policy have been influenced by the Gonski Review. Here, Kevin Donnelly critiques the contentious report into… Read more »