News
International Education News Round-up
(September 22-28, 2008)
Russia to ban Simpsons and South Park
(Daily Telegraph 09/25/2008 Adrian Blomfield)
The Russian government bans American cartoons “The Simpsons” and “South Park” to replace them with programs teaching children to be patriotic.
New schools aim to train next generation of leaders
(The Asahi Shimbun 09/24/2008 Kozue Hayama)
A Japanese school offers liberal education to students to produce a new breed of leaders.
Teachers urged to 'take risks' inspires pupils
(The Independent 09/22/2008 Richard Garner)
Britain’s teachers should inspire a love of learning among their pupils, suggests the Independent Association of Prep Schools.
Drop in number of female heads
(BBC News 09/22/2008)
Survey results reveal that women are taking fewer of the top jobs in teaching in England and Wales.
University admissions procedures must be more transparent, says Denham
(The Guardian 09/22/2008 Helene Mulholland)
Education officials push universities to produce transparent admission procedures.
Nutrition: Soda Ban in Schools Has Little Impact
(New York Times 09/22/2008 Eric Nagourney)
Researchers warn schools on selling sodas in cafeteria and vending machines.
Testing 'harms school science'
(BBC News 09/23/2008)
The Wellcome Trust Charity reports that primary school children’s understanding of science is harmed by England’s testing system.
The art of doing an assessed assignment
(The Guardian 09/23/2008 Harriet Swain)
Author Harriet Swain give students some tips on producing ace assignments.
Top grammar school slashes homework burden because pupils find it 'depressing'
(The Daily Mail 09/22/2008)
A school in London cuts students’ nightly quota of homework to give them time to play sport and read books.
Parents 'need lessons about ADHD'
(BBC News 09/23/2008)
The National Institute for Healthy and Clinical Excellence sets new guidelines on parents’ education about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
New Effort Aims to Test Theories of Education
(New York Times 09/24/2008 Javier C. Hernandez)
A research team probes current methods of educational research to help improve struggling schools in New York, Washington and Chicago.
Joint effort creates much-needed classrooms
(The Asahi Shimbun 09/25/2008 Taro Karasaki)
Japanese and Chinese students collaborate to construct temporary classrooms for primary schools in southwestern China which suffered severe damage in the earthquake last May.
(Published 29 September 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)
