What happens to research that is funded by taxpayers? A lot ends up in subscription-only journals, protected from the eyes of most by a paywall. More...
Britain’s private schools are very socially exclusive and there is no sign that attempts to mitigate this exclusivity through means-tested bursaries are working. The scale of bursaries is far too small to make a difference – just 1% of children go for free. More...
The picture is mixed across higher education as a whole. The number of Scottish students from deprived areas increased in 2018, as did the number of black students. More...
Presiden Joko Widodo baru-baru ini mendorong siswa Indonesia belajar pemrograman komputer (coding), artificial intelligence, dan internet of things. Namun, dorongan ini belum terealisasi dalam materi pelajaran pendidikan formal di sekolah. More...
Matematika adalah penyebab sakit kepala bagi guru-guru di seluruh Kanada, Australia, dan banyak negara lain. Guru-guru di Kanada dan Australia tidak merasa kompeten atau cukup percaya diri dalam keterampilan matematika, dan sejujurnya, mereka adalah orang-orang pertama yang mengakuinya. More...
When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In the worst cases, they use poorly conceived lessons that end up inflaming students, parents and communities about a subject that is already difficult to deal with because of the inhumanity involved. More...
The world is inundated with data. There’s a virtual tsunami of data moving around the globe, renewing itself daily. Take just the global financial markets. They generate vast amounts of data – share prices, commodity prices, indices, option and futures prices, to name just a few. More...
As health care improves and more people live healthier and longer lives, the elderly population of Earth will balloon. There were 66m people in the UK in mid-2017, and nearly 12m – or 18.2% – of them were aged 65 years and over. By 2040, that number is expected to rise to 24.2%. More...