Sheer silliness about British schools

Joanna Bogle | 29 February 2008 | comment 24

An MP has called for an investigation into schools which teach subversive notions like lifelong marriage.

General knowledge

Eric Kathenya | 15 February 2008 | comment 11

No, not a military strongman, but the stuff of an intellectual coup for the students in a regional African quiz show.

A case of ingratitude

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 07 February 2008 | comment 8

The recent protest against the pope at a Roman university looks to an African like biting the hand that fed you.

The Homers got it right: a futuristic fantasy

Kevin Ryan | 21 December 2007 | comment 15

Who would revive society if everything collapsed? Homeschoolers, says a prominent educationalist. 

Nobel Lecture: On those who do not win prizes

Doris Lessing | 20 December 2007 | comment 9

Reading books used to be part of general education, says Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Perhaps we need to learn that again -- from Africa.

Will video games save American education?

John Bambenek | 13 September 2007 | comment 11

On-line games are being sold to teachers as a way to save the economy by revitalising the classroom. Hmmm.

No way to raise a boy

Kevin Ryan | 03 August 2007 | comment 24

Do boys have to be bored, fat and dumber than their sisters?

Virtue on the brain

Andrew Mullins | 26 July 2007 | comment 5

Neuroscience is demanding that we put good habits at the centre of child rearing.

Harry Potter and the order of love

Jeff Presberg | 20 July 2007 | comment 22

As the last of the Harry Potter series flies off the shelves a teacher of literature finds the books very good, even in the ultimate sense.

Virtue rediscovered

Andrew Mullins | 13 July 2007 | comment 5

After an eclipse which has lasted decades, modern psychology says that happiness comes from living a virtuous life.

A consumer’s guide to the college of your choice

Kevin Ryan | 07 June 2007 | comment 2

Thousands of American students are heading off to college for the first time in a few weeks. Have they made the right decision?

Shock troops in the culture wars

Patrick Meagher | 01 June 2007 | comment 25

When you have children you find yourself at the frontlines in the culture war. In stark contrast to "a child’s a blessing", there’s open hostility out there.

Are glamour and style too much to ask for?

Joanna Bogle | 08 May 2007 | comment 10

Why are those bright young things walking about in dreary, uniform black trousers?

Does anything work in sex education?

Jennifer Roback Morse | 01 May 2007 | comment 9

A study shows that abstinence education programmes don't work. They had the same failure rate as contraceptive programmes. Doesn't that show neither of them works?

Giving kids our worst shot

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 April 2007 | comment 8

Do we really want to go down the path of vaccinating children against deficits of moral intelligence and willpower?

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