People on Facebook Are Forming an Alternative School Machine… If You Can Manage to pay for It Leave a Comment on People on Facebook Are Forming an Alternative School Machine… If You Can Manage to pay for It
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Image: Frederic J. Brown/AFP (Getty Images)Back in May, when classrooms felt like ancient relics, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he and Bill Gates shall “reimagine” school with online learning, and the city would create “what education should look like in the future.” We shuddered at the thought of eternal Zoom calls, but the…

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Germanys culture of dual educational and vocational training programmes has never been short of admirers, including British education secretaries of the present and the past, the Chinese communist pa…

Ontario premier says unique measures to succor fix ‘damaged’ education machine Leave a Comment on Ontario premier says unique measures to succor fix ‘damaged’ education machine
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FILE PHOTO: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seen after a meeting with Canada’s provincial premiers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File PhotoTORONTO (Reuters) – Ontario is taking steps to make its “broken” education system more equitable for Black and indigenous students in Canada’s most populous province, Premier Doug Ford said on Thursday.…

Students Sue the College Board Over System defects within the On-line AP Examination Scheme Leave a Comment on Students Sue the College Board Over System defects within the On-line AP Examination Scheme
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Image: PixabayIn the wake of school closures necessitated by the current covid-19 crisis, the College Board—the organization that oversees Advanced Placement Exams—is being sued by a group of students who claim that it knew of and even acknowledged issues with at-home testing that could disproportionately affect some students and not others. As a result, the…