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Did Socrates die in vain? Rescuing education from school
Are school children educated, socialized, or indoctrinated? If there’s any wonder remaining in a student after being swamped with established knowledge throughout the day, she or he would have to pursue critical thinking in the evenings.
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300 Pakistan international airlines employees fired for fake degrees
Pakistan’s national flag carrier airline Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked 300 of its employees across several different departments over the last six months after they were found to have submitted fake academic degrees.
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Lower aspirations for higher education
Since 2012 and the increase in university fees, effectively to £9,000 a year, there has been a steady erosion of logic in the debate about universities, their funding and the fundamental purpose of a university education.
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Afghan youth debates: Khost regional media commit to responsible journalism
Media networks across Khost province in southeastern Afghanistan have pledged to provide robust, impartial coverage of the elections due to be held in just over two weeks’ time.
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Finnish education chief: ‘We created a school system based on equality’
Finnish education often seems paradoxical to outside observers because it appears to break a lot of the rules we take for granted. Finnish children don’t begin school until age 7.
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Barnfield College ‘wrongly claimed’ £1m of funding
Barnfield Federation, which runs Barnfield College in Luton, Bedfordshire, is being investigated over claims of financial mismanagement.
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Dark-skinned danger
A police-issued coloring book teaches Czech children a lesson about adults’ fears.
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Not ready for high school
Armenia’s new college-prep curriculum produces its first graduates this year, but it’s far from realizing its potential.
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Global Monitoring Report
Launch of the 2013/4 Report 29 January: Launch of the 2013/4 Report: ‘Teaching and learning: Achieving quality for all’ The launch of the next Education for All Global Monitoring Report: […]
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Reconfiguring the youth justice prison system
The youth justice system is failing our young people. It’s time for a more humane approach. From openDemocracy.
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