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6 juillet 2019

Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says

The minister said in a statement:

The only exceptions to the ban will be where students use phones to monitor health conditions, or where teachers instruct students to bring their phone for a particular classroom activity.

Whether to allow student use of mobile phones is school is certainly a hot topic in education. The Victorian announcement follows a French government ban on mobiles in school in 2018. Debates on the issue are also taking place in Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. More...

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6 juillet 2019

The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?

The vocational education and training (VET) sector is integral to Australia’s economy and the businesses and workforce that underpin it. The sector provides skills to 4.2 million students at 4,200 registered training providers. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents

Our study, published in The Australian Educational Researcher journal, examined private levels of funding in public secondary schools. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Education in South Africa: hits and misses over the past 25 years

State of the Nation addresses are delivered at the start of South Africa’s parliamentary year. They focus on the current political and socio-economic state, highlight progress made and signal new policy directions for national government. It is a grand red carpet event, and the public (and markets) expectantly await reports of progress and new hope. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Literature by Africans in the diaspora can help create alternative narratives

Celebrated Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo has no time for “Afropolitans”. This is a notion popularised by the self-described “multi-local” author Taiye Selasi. Afropolitans are a current, cosmopolitan generation of “Africans of the world”. More...

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6 juillet 2019

How a pilot project in Kenya helps refugees go to university

Across the world, armed conflict, instability, drought and famine are driving more people from their homes for longer periods of time. On average, displacement lasts almost 20 years. This means that displaced children and youth are likely to experience most, if not all, of their education outside their countries of origin. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Five things South Africa must get right for tech in schools to work

South Africa says it is pushing ahead to grasp the many opportunities presented by the fourth industrial revolution. President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a commission of experts to explore what this fusing of the physical, digital and biological worlds, driven by technology, will mean for the country. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Bill Gates, Please Stay Away from Higher Education

By John Warner. He may be well-meaning, but Bill Gates is bad for education.
Fresh off his successful efforts to transform K-12 education through a combination of investment and support of policy initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards, Bill Gates has turned his eye toward higher education. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Alaska Isn't a Bellwether...

By John Warner. ...it's a swan song.
There is wide, justifiable concern about the recently announced cuts in state funding to the University of Alaska, cuts described as “shocking” by the chancellor of the system's main campus. More...

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6 juillet 2019

Wage-by-Major Statistics: Transparency to What End?

By John Warner. What if those wage-by-major statistics obscure more than they reveal. A guest post from Zachary Bleemer on complications to the dream of transparency. More...

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