While the US prepares itself for a new President a lot of questions are being asked about what education in the country should look like and how much choice parents should have over where their children can study. This article from the Wall Street Journal notes that “studies have found that school choice reduces arrests…
Teaching online is a big challenge, even for the most seasoned of teachers. But maintaining this format for many months is a massive strain on all involved. TES has come up, with the help of some teachers and a behavioural psychology expert, with some recommendations to make this task just a little bit easier. “use…
A little known fact is that nearly half of the child population in India attend private schools, one of the highest rates in the world. This, however, hides the reality: India´s state schools fail their students, so many, to improve their chances, and the efficiency of learning, opt for private education. With 70% of these…
The focus and importance being given to education over the last ten months is changing in many parts of the world, which has to be a good thing for recognising the importance of creating a literate, civil society. In a survey last month carried out by Italian newspaper IlSole24Ore, over 50% of respondents to the…
In one of the most advanced high tech economies, the US, schools have been resorting to low tech to be able to reach certain parts of their audience who are unable to fund a new Laptop, Chromebook or Tablet. Reported in the NY Times “educators and local television stations have teamed up to help teachers…
With rising cases of Covid in many countries around the world education is again being used as a political punch ball. The UK – with numbers boosted by the new strain – is one particularly badly affected. As discussed before on this blog, the effects of closure of schools has many ramifications for children as…
One of the issues associated with the first lockdown around the world was not only the closing of schools and the shift to some form of remote learning, but, often not associated with this, was the issue of lack of fitness activities for children. More so, in some countries (Spain included) until the early summer,…
Firstly Happy New Year to our friends, followers, customers and partners. Parents in many parts of the world tried various learning alternatives when the pandemic first struck. One was a “Learning Pod”: seen as a great short-term fix this solution, a new term for families to band together and hire teachers to either replace or…
During the pandemic teachers have been very focused on supporting children in their classes to ensure that they are healthy and particularly help with any mental health issues: this is expected of them. However, as a society we also need to protect those who are the forefront of this constant effort. This article by Edtechnology…
Many parents did not realise the full ramifications of their children having digital devices that were supposed to be for educational purposes. This NY Times article delves into the realisation that with an apparently always-on device (for education, of course) comes many other distractions that do not sit well with the criteria of education. As…