News
International Education News Round-up
(October 6-12, 2008)
Yearbooks fade as networking sites propagate
(Charleston.net 10/06/2008 Lauren Santander)
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace phase out the yearbook tradition.
Days of children reading books 'are numbered'
(The Independent 10/09/2008 Richard Garner)
Research findings reveal children’s growing preference to doing activities online over reading traditional books.
Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
(New York Times 10/06/2008 Motoko Rich)
Technological and social forces are changing the way children read.
Oxbridge lectures play on iTunes
(BBC News 10/06/2008)
Oxford and Cambridge University deliver lectures through iTunes to provide free education content.
Do we ask too much of teachers?
(BBC News 10/10/2008 Mike Baker)
Author Mike Baker discusses the several challenges, responsibilities, and scrutiny that teachers and schools in England face every year.
Students feeling economy's crunch
(Seattle Times 10/06/2008 Nick Perry)
Due to the financial crisis, more and more students are facing higher education costs and loans.
Schools try to make lunches healthier despite costs
(USA Today 10/07/2008)
US state schools commit to improve students’ health by offering lunches from organic, natural locally-grown food.
Asian Americans SAT Stars?
(Asian Week 10/06/2008 Arthur Hu)
Educators note the consistent outstanding performance of Asian-American students in standardized tests.
US and UK universities 'dominant'
(BBC News 10/09/2008)
Universities in the USA and the UK continue to dominate the annual table ranking of the world’s top higher education institutions.
(Published 13 October 2008, Smart Communications, Inc.)
