“the Montessori education system nurtures each child’s intrinsic desire to learn and encourages them to discover their own skills through self-directed activities. In Turkey, more schools are adopting the Montessori method in their syllabus” ─ Read item ─
BBC News: Teachers ‘wasting time on marking in coloured pens’
“Teachers are spending too much time over-marking pupils’ homework,” Schools Standards Minister Nick Gibb has said. Marking in different-coloured pens, and giving feedback in exercise books, had never been a government or an Ofsted requirement. The practice was adding to …
The National: Abu Dhabi education merger ‘will strengthen research’
“The merger of three of the emirate’s top higher education institutes will help strengthen the country’s output of quality research and produce higher-calibre graduates,” said Minister of Education Hussain Al Hammadi. ─ Read item ─
Hindustan Times: Half of world’s disabled children are kept out of schools: Report
At least half of the world’s 65 million school-age children with disabilities are kept out of the classroom because little to no money is budgeted for their needs, a disability rights groups said in a report on Monday. ─ Read …
The Guardian: Last art history A-level axed after Michael Gove cull of ‘soft’ subjects
“The last exam board in England offering art history A-level will drop the subject from 2018, marking the latest in a cull of perceived “soft” subjects following the curriculum changes begun by the former education secretary Michael Gove” ─ Read …
Engadget UK: The first website went online 25 years ago today
If the web were a person, it wouldn’t have trouble renting a car from now on: the world’s first website, Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web, went online 25 years ago today. The inaugural page wasn’t truly public when it went live at CERN …
Student debts wipe out most graduate pay premiums – report – BBC News
“Politicians should stop using a “carrot of higher graduate earnings” to justify raising student fees or freezing repayment thresholds, say campaigners.” ─ Read item ─