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Indonesian researchers developed an Indian-inspired toolkit to assess literacy and numeracy among elementary-level students. The results were worrying.
Adult education should never be seen as a luxury.
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Women have to push through barriers to access higher education.
When the wall fell – education equality did too.
Women face a number of socio-economic challenges that make it harder for them to access higher education.
Amid plans to create special sports divisions for high-poverty schools, coaches at such schools explain how they produce championship-winning teams despite having fewer resources.
Martin Luther is credited with initiating the split in Christianity that came to be called the Protestant Reformation. But don’t count out Erasmus, an early proponent of similarly radical ideas.
Many Americans fear that AI will take their jobs. And it might – but it’s more complicated than that.
Children in classrooms – particularly in disadvantaged areas – are already feeling the very real effects of funding cuts.
We found that the key factors behind poor cognitive function were related to levels of education, being a woman, marital status and being poor.
Contrary to the belief that resource strained parents invest in academically stronger children, studies show that Ethiopian parents tend to invest more in the child with lower academic capabilities.
Scholars propose a new education system centred on human development to end hazing rituals in Indonesian universities.
When ideas are presented as topics to be debated, rather than as facts to be learnt, students and democracy benefit.
Although cynical about today’s political leaders, the views of young South Africans are surprisingly similar to those of the mid-1990s.
Google’s history of privacy violations is especially alarming when considering the company’s reach extends into educational products.
There’s no evidence that private schools produce better results than state schools for equivalent pupils.
Foreign universities can provide quality education while also opening avenues for global research. However, initiatives must be put in place to make sure they are accessible to all Indonesians.
Australia’s university sector is one of the most attractive for international students. So why not try to keep them when they graduate rather than lose the talent we’ve helped train and educate?
A new report has found funding shortfalls are forcing schools to make difficult decisions about which pupils get support.
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