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The unspoken atrocity of standardized education
As the corporate takeover of public education proceeds in the US and other countries, schools cease to be training grounds for social transformation.
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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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Bosnian graduates face grim future
With unemployment among young people close to 60 per cent, even the best university education is no guarantee of a job.
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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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Macedonian students demanding better living conditions called ‘unpatriotic’
In early March 2014, Macedonian students demanding better life conditions in state university dormitories published a blog entitled “Operation Dorm” that was accompanied by photos of inadequate living conditions in the facilities.
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Educating Orthodoxy
The Russian Orthodox Church has been expanding its educational activities to include not only seminaries but universities offering a wide range of courses.
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Obrnice’s second chance
A Czech village comes slowly back to life by integrating its Roma and emphasizing education.
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India’s ongoing effort to implement the Right to Education Act
Recent reports from India show that the country is grappling with several issues surrounding the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
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Kyrgyzstan’s schools mirror and breed social inequality
As her six-year-old daughter prepares to start school this September, Alina Bilyaletdinova says that sifting through online chat forums and scouring media reports of disgraced school principals has become “a full-time job.”
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Serbia: education, the market and democracy
What principles should underpin Serbia’s educational system from now to 2020?
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