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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on Australia’s education challenges
Michelle Grattan speaks with New Education Minister Jason Clare as he finishes travelling the country taking soundings in the education sector.
Hope as a stubborn desire.
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Hope begins in a place of despair, in the desire to make things better.
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For mature-age students of the Study Centre in the 1970s, education offered them a new life.
Eton College, founded in 1440, is the largest boarding school in England.
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The tax exemptions enjoyed by the UK’s charitable private schools are estimated to equate to 6% of England’s annual state school budget
Students walk by security fences installed in front of the Supreme Court.
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Once again, the court has expanded the legal ways that public funds can be used for students at religious institutions.
Parents protested a new anti-racism policy at an Ontario school board saying their children could ‘internalize shame and guilt because they’re white.’
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Recently, specious claims against critical race theory have been showing up in Canada. School boards are being questioned about their anti-racism policies and the teaching of CRT to students.
Critical race theory simply holds a mirror up to society, reflecting its realities.
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In today’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we speak with two Canadian educators who explain how using critical race theory in their classrooms helps both students and teachers.
Nigerian journalists protesting on 25 April against the continuous closure of public universities in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Strikes have had a negative impact on Nigeria but private universities have benefited.
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With learn-from-home likely to return during the pandemic or other emergency, it’s important we understand why many migrant families found this mode of education delivery so challenging.
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath, Ontario Liberal Party Leader Steven Del Duca and Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner debate during the Ontario party leaders’ debate in May 2022.
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Some excellent ideas were proposed during the Ontario election on everything from transit to housing. Here’s why the rest of Canada would be wise to consider them.
Kids say they have felt ignored amid policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic that seemed more focused on the fates of restaurants, bars and entertainment venues than keeping schools open and safe.
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Making room for the input of children and adolescents in responses to the next pandemic would help maintain their health, education, well-being and more.
Even learners in affluent schools lost around two-thirds of a school year.
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Time out of school erased a year’s worth of schooling for public school learners in South Africa.
A girl grieves for a friend killed in the Uvalde shooting.
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Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
Racial bias may play a role both in the schools that families choose for their children and the experiences their children have.
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Inspired by her own experience with the education system, a professor of sociology explores how race and racism influence school choice and education.
Children can influence their families to follow greener lifestyles.
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In a process called ‘reverse socialisation’, children can help their elders become more green - but eco education is key.
Legacy schools in Ghana are over subscribed.
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Grouping of high schools in Ghana into categories perpetuates inequalities.
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The languages and the methods of classroom assessments need to be expanded. Such changes will make assessment more inclusive and fairer for all, particularly First Nations students.
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On many dimensions, Millennials aged 25-35 are better off than were Boomers, with housing and the environment the big exceptions.
Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the recently deceased third president of Kenya
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Kibaki gave Kenya’s higher education sector a free market capitalistic orientation, endearing him to the World Bank and the IMF
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Kibaki’s goals were to expand access to education, and to make universities more efficient and self-sustaining.