Applications to university are on the rise, we're told. But arts and humanities subjects have seen numbers plummet as students are guided towards career-driven options.
Fyra elever på Elfhems gymnasium i Lilla Edet som varit på två veckors praktik i Gambia är hemma igen. – Det har varit fantastiskt och lärorikt, säger Dennis Lindström, en av eleverna.
How do you school an eight year-old in the ways of this country? As rich Russians clamour to send their children to our most elite schools, Jane Flanagan meets the 'super tutor' helping them.
Pushy parents are attempting to coach children as young as three to stand out in interviews for the most sought-after private schools, according to research.
Bill Moyers asked experts in different policy areas to write what they would like to hear President Obama say in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. One of those experts is education historian Diane Ravitch, who wrote the following about what she would like to hear from Obama in his speech.
Fra respekteret landsbylærer til udskældt servicemedarbejder. Lærergerningen har ændret sig, og i dag er den gode skolelærer ekspert i at guide sine elever til at tilegne sig viden. En stor del af folkeskolens lærere anklages for at være talentløse.
Worries about the declining academic performance of boys, a topic of increasing alarm this past decade, have intensified recently. It seems that boys are being judged both unduly harshly and leniently at school.
Good news for those who see school reform as a way to make big bucks: A new report says that the global education market is now worth $4.4 trillion and is set to grow a lot over the next five years.
Om Finland går in gör tvåspråkiga skolor måste bägge språkgrupper veta vad de vill med en sådan lösning. – Tvåspråkiga skolor är inte någon entydigt bra lösning för språkminoriteter, säger Fernand de Varennes, expert på minoritetsspråk, i en intervju för Åbo Underättelser.