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This article from the Sydney Morning herald (SMH) in Australia made me remember my own experience while doing my masters in Australia. The university I attended accepted large amounts of foreign students into thei . . .
The idea that teachers can be armed in schools in Florida as a way of trying to deal with school shootings seems like a very bad idea to me. I fail to see how putting potentially thousands of guns into schools wi . . .
Leeds in the UK has managed to reduce child obesity rates by over six percent. A key part of the city's strategy for tackling obesity was a focus on pre-school children and offering parents classes in how to enco . . .
Here is an interesting piece from University of Central Florida Professor Stephen Fiore about teamwork. For many years we have realized how important it is to be able to work in a team. Indeed, when we prep studen . . .
One of the biggest arguments in school education is and always has been how to assess and award levels of learning. A formal (usually national) education system has multiple objectives and one of those is to bench . . .
For students who have been unsuccessful with their university applications, unfortunately it is virtually impossible to be sure of how the university or college has assessed you and what exactly they are looking f . . .
Cognitive flexibility - the mind’s ability to adapt - is a particularly sought after skill among students given the ever-evolving challenges faced in the real world, with the shift toward direct application . . .
After a 15-month review period, a committee appointed by the HK government has made a proposal to use a variety of platforms to spread a message that parents’ obsession with academic grades may not be health . . .
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