Archive for April, 2014
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Sexual harassment in UK schools
Sexual bullying in the classroom rarely makes the headlines. But one in three 16-18 year old girls in the UK have experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. What does this tacit acceptance of harassment teach our children?
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Making capacity building events for educators in Azerbaijan
On April 11, 2014 the Center for Innovations in Education (CIE) organized a roundtable meeting which targeted policymakers, education experts, NGO representatives, media and others interested.
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Russia’s media crackdown spills into academia
The crackdown on Russia’s free press is as old as Vladimir Putin’s presidency. In the last two years, since Putin returned to the Kremlin for a third go, the process has accelerated.
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“Access Plus Learning” The Post-2015 education agenda
The Millennium Development Goal of achieving universal primary education in developing regions has reached about 90%. However, post 2011 the progress on the goal has slowed down.
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You can’t bounce off the walls if there are no walls: outdoor schools make children happier and smarter
New approaches to kindergarten offer children a potentially transformative experience of education in nature – an antidote to rote-learning and a much better preparation for an integrated life.
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Sudanese university students demand a campus free of violence
In a courageous and unique act of collective action, students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan have gone on strike to protest the killing of a fellow student; demanding justice and a campus free of violence. Will their demands be met?
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Why we should all be alarmed about our new university “businesses” and their enforcers
As has become clear, the universities are colluding with police and even the unions to clamp down on student protest and workers’ demands. There is a common strand that links these elements, and the overall picture is deeply alarming.
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Left behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s election
Despite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low. Failure to address the growing disaffection resulting from the urban-rural gap threatens the country’s fragile progress.
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Caribbean loses valuable steward with passing of professor Norman Girvan
The Caribbean has lost another giant; prominent Caribbean intellectual Norman Girvan passed away in Cuba on the same day that A.N.R. Robinson, former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago, died
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Seldon’s proposals for school reform are fundamentally flawed
The British education system reflects long-standing social division. A recent Social Market Foundation paper proposes reforms combining variations of previous attempts with radical mercerization of state education.
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