The Algebra Project – a long-standing initiative to teach algebra to Black students who might not otherwise take it – sprang from Bob Moses’ work as a civil rights activist, a historian recounts.
Muhammad Zuhdi, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta et Stephen Dobson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Just because students are given the freedom to learn, it does not mean they will.
Ghanaian students attend a class in a madrasa or Muslim school.
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Although Ghana has not been affected by religious conflict, the ways youth from the Muslim minority relate to their nation is an important question.
People rally against ‘critical race theory’ at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg, Va. on June 12, 2021.
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New laws that take aim at critical race theory could pose serious dilemmas for teachers when it comes to describing America’s past, a curriculum specialist says.
Zaila Avant-garde is the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
Pupils wear face masks in their classroom while a teacher writes on the board at a school in Kinshasa on August 10, 2020.
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There are significant gaps in what teachers in Ghana know about ozone depletion and climate change, even though these subjects are in the science curriculum.
Students generally become more appreciative of sexual diversity during college.
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A survey of over 3,000 students found that how much students’ appreciation of gay, lesbian and bisexual people increased during college varied by their school’s religious affiliation.
It’s an absolute priority we find and use ways to support kids to continue face-to-face learning in times of low community transmission, especially primary schools.
A demonstrator writes a message in chalk at the corner of Florence and Normandy avenues in Los Angeles.
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A sociologist asked public high school teachers to draw maps of the neighborhood where they teach. Those with more detailed maps also made stronger cultural connections with their students.
The Food and Drug Administration on May 10, 2021, granted the first emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents.
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Students who have desks at home tend to do better academically. So why isn’t more attention given to this issue, as it is to the digital divide?
Chronic absenteeism rates fell 8 percentage points among schools in Nevada and Colorado that adopted the ‘Breakfast after the Bell’ program.
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Chronic absenteeism is a pressing issue in high-poverty schools, but research suggests that serving students breakfast during class can help keep kids in school.
Mergers and splits involving education and research ministries, like the recent one in Indonesia, have huge consequences. How do other countries govern their national education and science policies?
No longer sharing names.
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The institutional design of BRIN allows for political intervention, showing how the Indonesian government is unwilling to prioritise research and technology.
Students take their test outside due to their overcrowded class room in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
Herdsmen with their cows wait for buyers at Kara Cattle Market in Lagos, Nigeria. Veterinary services are in short supply across the country.
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Nigeria needs more veterinary doctors to improve agricultural production, disease prevention, wildlife conservation and the health of animals in the security sector