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Sir Ken Robinson, known to many around the world for THAT TedTalk, has passed away aged 70. He certainly got people thinking more proactively about how we move education in the developed world into the 21st centur . . .
Adults in England without an A-level or equivalent qualification will be offered a fully funded college course, the BBC reports the UK government has announced. The offer will be available from April and applies t . . .
A really good insight from UnHerd into the various issues that plagued the UK algorithm which was supposed to allocate grades last summer. Perhaps the scariest thing is that there was more than one failing, that . . .
Here is a great article from The New York Post that offers suggestions from six teachers who also have their own children on how to help make remote learning a more successful experience. The advice includes: &m . . .
The NYT reports a story of persistence beyond what students usually consider necessary. A coal miner’s daughter whose family had moved all around Afghanistan seeking safety and the chance for her and her si . . .
Nearly 900,000 pupils across Hong Kong schools and kindergartens returned to the classroom in late September for the first time in more than six months, the final phase of class resumption since the coronavirus fo . . .
This article from The Age reports a slightly worrying finding in regards to teachers in Australia. Almost one in 10 trainee teachers fails to meet literacy and numeracy standards required for graduation, promptin . . .
Zoe Low from the SCMP reports that the digital divide has increased, despite Hong Kong officials increasing the internet subsidy. She reports that the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) urged the governmen . . .
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