Education

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The Norway massacre: what it reveals about a bullying programme

Izzy Kalman | 03 September 2011 |

tags: bullying, education, US

Why does an anti-bullying programme work in Scandinavia and not in America?

The quest to re-moralise the modern university

Steven Schwartz | 05 August 2011 |

tags: education, universities

Even in the age of greed is good, the fundamental job of universities is to produce “capable and cultivated human beings”.

Another coffin nail for US public education

Kevin Ryan | 11 July 2011 |

tags: California, education, homosexuality

California's new gay-friendly curriculum raises questions about the future of government-run schools.

An appeal to Generation Y

Alan Sears | 29 June 2011 |

tags: education, same-sex marriage

The rising generation's lack of interest in philosophy and history makes them vulnerable to the sophistry of same-sex marriage.

Yale and the Nanny State

Kevin Ryan | 24 May 2011 |

tags: education, sexism, Yale

Why has the Federal Government become involved in disciplining frat boy wannabees?

Does teaching need to be this hard?

Michael Kirke | 19 April 2011 |

tags: education, teachers, UK

Teachers at a British school went on strike earlier this month because their students were so unruly.

How do you say, “You want fries with that?” in Mandarin?

Kevin Ryan | 21 January 2011 |

tags: education, motherhood, parenting

Worries about American parenting are fuelled by a faltering economy.

A moral crisis, not a money crisis

Kevin Ryan | 13 December 2010 |

tags: China, education, US

Want to know how to push American kids back to the top of the education ladder? A leading educator has an agenda for teachers and parents.

Let’s teach to a different test

Patrick D. Schloss | 01 December 2010 |

tags: character education, education, standardised tests

Test scores? Who cares? My children will be successful if they have a lifelong love of learning.

Count me in

Leticia Velasquez | 29 November 2010 |

tags: Down syndrome, education, social inclusion

Christina has trisomy 21, but socially she makes her extra chromosome count.

Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

Leonard Franchi | 01 November 2010 |

tags: education, humanities, liberal arts

Do humanities students really have the best employment prospects? 

Wild and wacky Wikipedia

Thomas C. Reeves | 10 August 2010 |

tags: education, internet, Wikipedia

If you put a dozen monkeys in a room with a dozen typewriters, which would they eventually tap out  -- Hamlet or Wikipedia?

Girls On The Edge

Carolyn Moynihan | 05 August 2010 |

tags: education, girls, psychology

American family doctor turned writer Leonard Sax talks in his latest book about what's driving the new crisis for girls.

The right way to fire teachers

Thomas C. Reeves | 27 July 2010 |

tags: education, teachers, US

To the cheers of conservative critics, Washington DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has fired scores of teachers. But will that fix the system?

Get a job, son

Kevin Ryan | 09 July 2010 |

tags: economy, education, labour market

As questions about the economy go deeper, vocational education is getting a fresh look.

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