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International Education News Round-up
(August 26-31, 2008)

Community learning centre to generate employment for slum youth
(India Edu News.net 08/30/2008)
New Delhi: A Community Learning Centre (CLC) has been set up in Tughlaqabad area of south Delhi to generate employment opportunities for youths in slums areas of Delhi.

Pre-school 'gives maths boost'
(BBC.co.uk 08/29/2008)
Going to a good pre-school nursery boosts a child's chances of achieving in maths at the age of 10, experts say.

New pressure over faith schools
(BBC.co.uk 08/29/2008)
Ministers are being urged to stop faith schools in England selecting pupils and staff on the basis of their religion.

For many teens, days of summer far from lazy
(LA Times.com 08/29/2008 Seema Mehta)
More students are taking classes to enhance college applications and boost their SAT scores.

Study finds bullies are the bullied too
(Guardian.co.uk 08/29/2008 Dan Bloom)
The stereotypical image of a school bully as tough and self-confident needs revising, according to research that found the vast majority of bullies are victims themselves.

Help kids cope with stress, say counsellors after student's death
(India Edu News.net 08/28/2008)
New Delhi: Children need help to cope with stress, be it due to studies or their social life, otherwise they could end up taking extreme steps like the suicide by a Class 11 student of a well known city public school, counsellors and teachers said.

Study predicts long-term benefits of preschool learning
(Guardian.co.uk 08/28/2008 James Randerson)
Children who receive a rich variety of home learning before they start school achieve measurably better results in maths tests at age 10, according to a major government-funded study into childhood learning.

10 City Schools to Focus Reading Skills on Content
(New York Times.com 08/26/2008 Elissa Gootman)
In a bid to correct what he called a “knowledge deficit” among New York City public school students, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced on Monday a pilot program that would overhaul the way children in 10 city schools are taught to read.

E-textbooks may not be cheaper than printed ones, report says
(LA Times.com 08/26/2008 Gale Holland)
Researchers find that since students can re-sell printed books, the price is roughly the same, and that expiration dates on e-texts make them a less viable alternative for some students.

E-textbooks may not be cheaper than printed ones, report says
(LA Times.com 08/26/2008 Gale Holland)
Researchers find that since students can re-sell printed books, the price is roughly the same, and that expiration dates on e-texts make them a less viable alternative for some students.

(Published 31 August 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)