Exploding misconceptions
Exploding misconceptionsAlleviating poverty may not reduce terrorism but could make it less effective “EXTREMELY poor societies…provide optimal breeding grounds for disease, terrorism and conflict.” So said Barack Obama, arguing in favour of more development aid to poor countries. Mr Obama is not alone in regarding economic development as a weapon against terrorism. Hillary Clinton, America's secr
The rights approach
The rights approachIndia's rights-based activism is bound to yield less than it promises BESIDE the sluggish, stinking Yamuna river, on Delhi's eastern edge, Kamli minds her two precious goats. These animals, a mud-built shelter and the fertile scrap of floodplain where the 35-year-old, her husband and five offspring are squatting, are all they have. Kamli sells milk, her husband vegetables, and h
2010 - Marginalization | EDUCATION | UNESCO
Education for All - Global Monitoring Report Reaching the marginalized Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, released on 19 January, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged b
Reaching the poorest
Reaching the poorestEnrolling the world’s poorest children in school needs new thinking, not just more money from taxpayers DAWN has just broken but classes have already started at the village school in Aqualaar, in the Garissa district of Kenya's arid north-east. Around 30 children, mostly from families of Somali herders, sit listening as an enthusiastic 18-year-old teacher, Ibrahim Hussein, give
Investing in brains
Investing in brainsShould the economic squeeze mean cuts, reform or more spending on education? IN CALIFORNIA the students are revolting—not against their teachers, but in sympathy with them. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has cut $1 billion, some 20% of the University of California's budget, as he tries to balance the state's books. Fees may rise by a fifth, to over $10,000. Support
Hearts, minds and Mecca
Hearts, minds and MeccaThe rising profile of Muslim students in the Western world WHEN news emerged of the life-story of the Nigerian who tried to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, there were cries of bewilderment in some quarters, groans of dismay in others, and shouts of “I told you so” from a small army of Cassandras. Report Digital Learning to mix Whatever motivated
Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators - OECD
Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2009 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides a rich, comparable and up-to
It still pays to study
It still pays to studyNot the panacea it is billed as, but the best hope for this year’s school-leavers THE law of supply and demand tells you that increasing the quantity of something tends to reduce its price. But not, it seems, in higher education. That is the puzzle on display in “Education at a Glance”, the annual research compendium published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Kitchen-classroom conservatives
Eyevine Reading, writing and religion THE first thing you notice about Karen Allen's house is that it is spotless. Even in her teenage boys' bedrooms, not a thing is out of place. And her boys, Thomas and Taylor, are polite and engaging. Your correspondent found himself being grilled about his travels by a boy who had clearly Googled him. In this household, every chance to learn something new is e
Before the fall
Eyevine Seed corn in peril at Berkeley THE best public higher education in the world is to be found at the University of California (UC). This claim is backed up by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, which provides an authoritative ranking of research universities. The UC's campus at Berkeley ranks third behind two private universities, Harvard and Stanford. Several of the other ten UC sites,
【コラム】シリコンバレー101 (322) 文書版YouTube「Scribd」がAmazon対抗勢力に成長、その背景は? | ネット | マイコミジャーナル
カリフォルニア州では今年の秋学期から公立高校が、数学と理科でボランティアの手による無料のデジタル版の教材を採用できるようになる。5月6日(米国時間)にアーノルド・シュワルツェネッガー知事が無料のオープンソース・デジタル・テキストブックを実現するためのイニシアチブ「Free Digital Textbook Initiative」発足を発表した。 これは公立学校の経費節減策の一環で、シュワルツェネッガー知事によるとオープンソース・テキストブックの利用が軌道に乗れば、10,000人以上の高校生を抱える学校区では年間200万ドル規模のコスト削減になる。 もう1つのメリットはスピードだ。公立学校で採用されるテキストブックは州の基準を満たす必要があり、カリフォルニア州は米国の中でも要求レベルが高い。内容は安心できるものの、一方で印刷版のテキストブックの作成から承認までのサイクルが6年と長く、その間の
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