Education
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The Importance of Learning the Greek Language
Greek has been classified as one of the twelve priority languages of wider use in Australia and is taught in…
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American STEM Education Needs an Overhaul
In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams wrote, “I must study politics and war, that our sons may have…
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Iowa School District Apologizes After Emailing Nazi ‘Quote of the Day’
A school district in Iowa has issued an apology after sending an email blast containing a quote of the day…
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Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future
Damage from Military Use of Schools, Bombing, Shelling, Looting Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has devastated schools and kindergartens throughout…
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‘I don’t think of it at all as a gift’: Why it’s complicated being a gifted child
Far from the smartypants cliches, some gifted children hide or stop learning. Angus Holland The Sydney Morning Herald What is…
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Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
They would speak to her sons in Spanish, before quickly adding in the same language, “How awful! You don’t understand…
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Students, Schools Under Attack Despite Landmark UN Resolution
Two years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted a groundbreaking resolution to safeguard education during wartime. HRW The resolution called on…
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Freed after 215 days in prison for teaching girls, activist says his ‘hopes won’t change’
Taliban authorities released prominent education activist Matiullah Wesa this week, his organisation said on Thursday, after his seven-month detention sparked…
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Borno: Gov Zulum converts Arabic school to specialised institute to counter Boko Haram ideology
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the conversion of Mustapha Umar Elkanemi Arabic (Teachers) College in Maiduguri…
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Alarming Increase in Attacks on Education Worldwide
More than 3,000 attacks on education were identified in 2022, a 17 percent increase over the previous year, the Global…
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Kimberley community writes plan for ‘happy, strong, small children’ with playgrounds, grog bans
A Nyikina woman, she chairs the Ngunga Group Womens Aboriginal Corporation and has seen the world change around the small…
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We need more than police checks: how parents and educators can keep childcare services safe from abuse
There are about 1.4 million children using a childcare service (including centre-based care, family daycare and outside school hours care) around…
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University rankings and reforms
Eight Greek universities were included in the latest QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) global university rankings against the background of lively debates…
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Universities Australia pushes to remove caps on places for Indigenous people
The organisation is using its latest Indigenous strategy report to call on the federal government to uncap university places for…
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The big idea: do we need to dismantle the literary canon?
The temptation to chuck out the old is strong, but can only be part of the answer Jeffrey Boakye The…
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Leadership challenges and opportunities for Greek universities
The empirical and academic literature shows that good management of public organizations, such as universities, requires that they must be…
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