The COVID pandemic set pupils back, but the problems in Ethiopia’s education system have deep roots.
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The shockingly poor exam results indicate underlying structural issues that extend far beyond the realm of individual student performance.
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New Zealand’s health and education sectors are largely siloed and separate. But all the evidence points to collaboration within schools leading to better health and educational outcomes for children.
Students become more emotionally engaged with history when it’s presented in an interactive way, research shows.
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Rather than have students memorize names and dates, this history curriculum invites students to grapple with real-life issues faced by people from the past.
Education increases the yearly wages of employed ex-offenders by $564.
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People who get an education while serving time are less likely to return to prison and more likely to enter the job market, an analysis finds.
The Welsh government has announced plans to make Wales a ‘nation of sanctuary’.
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The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
High school students in Colorado have protested the use of standardized tests.
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The opt-out movement caught on heavily in Colorado in the late 2010s. A group of education scholars is exploring the reasons why.
“Goodbye” is the name of a new PSA that seeks to show the impact of gun violence.
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The US attorney for the District of Maryland recently released a PSA to help stem the tide of violence in the state. But will it work?
Teachers had more negative comments about Black boys than they did about other groups.
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Teachers use tougher language when describing the misbehavior of Black children, new research shows.
New research found that a 2001 Texas policy has reduced teachers’ wages.
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Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.
When public school counselors are in short supply, should chaplains be allowed to fill the gap?
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Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
Characters in books can teach lessons about addiction.
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This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.
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Brave thinking is needed to solve the problems with childcare.
Football is among the largest employers in Ghana.
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Most Ghanaian footballers have poor levels of financial literacy and financial behaviour.
A player in Fortnite visiting the Holocaust museum and learning about the Jews of Tunisia.
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It might seem odd but it’s not the first museum in a video game or metaverse.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adult Americans read below the sixth grade level.
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Low levels of literacy cost the US more than $2 trillion every year.
The quest for space dominance has long sparked discussions about the quality of American education.
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Policymakers and others often invoke the 1957 Russian launch of sputnik when trying to spark a discussion about education reform. A rhetoric scholar examines how often they succeed.
Schools have more to manage than just their educational strategies.
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For students to learn in a safe, healthy environment, school administrators must deal with a myriad of potential environmental contaminants, from allergens to cockroaches.
Akan folklore places emphasis on symbols and their meanings.
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Incorporating Akan folklore in the curriculum will promote quality and lifelong education in Ghana.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy debate the finer points.
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With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
Music education has evolved and now includes more popular music genres, such as hip-hop.
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Modern music education is giving students more and more opportunities to create their own tracks.