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New OECD report leads to questions about educational innovation
While the OECD has released a number of reports this year, their most recent report addresses the measurement of educational innovation at the classroom and school levels.
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“Never again”: for an education toward critical self-reflection
The education system, recovering from economic crisis, increasingly obsesses itself with downsizing and rationalising, with “student learning outcomes” determined by test scores and the job market. Now, more than ever, we need to return to Adorno.
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An open letter to Nicky Morgan
A teacher in England writes anonymously to the UK’s new Secretary of State for Education.
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Azerbaijan closes Gülen schools
Once seen as an instrument of Turkish soft power, the educational programme has fallen foul of a battle between Prime Minister Erdoğan and influential preacher Fethullah Gülen.
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The search for a more equitable education system in Chile
Recently, I spoke with Dr. Beatrice Avalos-Bevan, Associate Researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, at the University of Chile, in order to follow-up on an earlier post about the recent reforms in Chile.
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Obstacles in education for Romani and Egyptian children
The famous poet, Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj stated, “From cradle to grave, the most beautiful (period) is the school age.” This statement, however, could hardly be supported by those familiar with the education that children living in the Konik camps receive.
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Academies and the neoliberal project: the lessons and costs of the conveyor belt
Having studied one of Britain’s flagship academies it seems that their good results may come at a high social cost – something the media talks far less about…
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YES project supporting youth engagement in democracy and human rights
In September 2013, the Jinishian Memorial Foundation launched the “Youth Engaged in Society 2013-2014” (YES) project, funded and supported by Open Society Foundations – Armenia.
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In Kenya, schools lead renewable energy surge in remote areas
The tolling of the evening bell signals the end of the day’s classes at Donyo Wasin primary school.
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Kyrgyzstan: Doctors alarmed as parents shun vaccination
Aisha, a mother of five, takes her seven-month-old son Ismail with her when she’s out and about in Bishkek.
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