Freemium software in education exacerbates the digital divide for students who may be economically disadvantaged compared to their peers.
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Ensuring that children hone skills and build up credentials at a young age is part of a long-term plan common among the South Asian parents who immigrate to the United States.
Parents nurture their child’s development when they tell stories and have conversations with them.
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Making sure that children hone skills and build up credentials at a young age are part of a long-term plan common among the South Asian parents who immigrate to the United States.
Howard University, in Washington, D.C., recently got its finances in order.
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Children looking after a family member are making decisions about their future in the context of their role, often limiting their options and stunting their ambitions
Canada is one of very few industrialized countries not to have a national school food program.
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As Canadian kids head back to school this week, many will be hungry. Lacking fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods, they will suffer mood problems, disease and low academic performance.
Some have suggested that deracialising the academy requires all researchers, teachers and students to link knowledge and identity. What might this mean for mathematics?
We are in danger of returning to a stage where young people from poorer backgrounds have no hope of attending an elite university.
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Universities must redress, not reinforce, disadvantage by ensuring more students from lower socio-economic backgrounds have the chance to benefit form them.
To understand inequality in countries like South Africa, it is important to have a good grasp of factors influencing the allocation of skills and knowledge.
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In a country as unequal as South Africa, the people who have access to higher education have the power to shape the society, including its elites and middle class.
Black students are more likely to get suspended for minor violations.
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Black students get suspended or expelled at a rate three times greater than white students. The cost: they fall behind in school, and the cycle of poverty and failure is perpetuated.