Education
New Kind of Student Loan Gains Major Support. Is There a Downside?
Income-share agreements, promoted by Betsy DeVos and Silicon Valley, may wind up merely shifting the payment burden from some students….Click Here
Year: 2019
Education
Schools Fear Deportation of DACA Recipient Teachers
IF THE SUPREME COURT rules in favor of the Trump administration, the future for teachers like Vicente Rodriguez and some 660,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, would be in…..Click Here
Education
NC State Education Awarded $2.5M in Research Funding August-October, 2019
Faculty and researchers at the NC State College of Education, including its Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $2,467,124 to support ….Read More
Education
Hong Kong protests: Students boycott class on first day back
Thousands of secondary school and university students have boycotted classes in Hong Kong, in the latest pro-democracy protests. Organisers say 10,000 pupils from 200 secondary schools did not turn up for the first day for […]
Education
Packed lunches not a right in Italian schools, court rules
Parents have reacted angrily to a decision by Italy’s top court which states that the right to eat packed lunches in schools is not “unconditional.” Italy’s Supreme Court said schools should have the autonomy to […]
Education
Private college goes bust and will stop teaching
GSM London, one of the biggest private higher education providers in England, has gone into administration – and will stop teaching students in September. The college says it has not been able to “recruit and […]
Education
Harsh reality of education in Malaysia
I WAS brought up with the belief that education is a powerful tool to uplift people from poverty. As education does not come cheap in Malaysia, every hopeful student endeavours hard to achieve academic excellence […]
Education
The Biggest Education News Story You’ve Never Heard Of
An overlooked root cause of many of the problems that plague American education is that in most schools the curriculum focuses on illusory skills rather than…..Read More
Education
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
WELLINGTON, Kan. — The seed of rebellion was planted in classrooms. It grew in kitchens and living rooms, in conversations between students and their parents. It culminated when Collin Winter, 14, an eighth grader in […]
Education
Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins global prize
A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (£760,000) for the world’s best teacher. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan […]