Your child’s village
You know the saying, “it takes a village to raise a child”? Who is in your child’s village? You can populate the village – don’t think it will happen by itself, you need to make sure you have a great group around your children. Supporting your child’s teachers is important to your child’s upbringing, says […]
Books: ‘AND, NOT, OR, WITH’ – restoring a breadth of learning
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reads educator Paul L Burgis’ book reflecting on better ways to educate through a conversation about ideas shaping our children’s futures…
Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict
Gaza Reuters Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war erupted over six months ago. “We would go out during recess. We would go to the classroom and walk around. The principle would come to the […]
“We will teach by candlelight”: Argentine students and teachers protest Milei budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in classrooms to draw attention to their predicament – and save money on electricity. The prestigious University of Buenos Aires (UBA) said it had experienced an 80 per cent […]
Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan’s education sector
Cairo, Egypt Reuters When war in Sudan’s capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and computer behind. Now in Sennar, 30 kilometres south-east of Khartoum, she lacks a stable internet connection or passport to travel abroad and like many others sees no way of continuing […]
Read to your kids
Being married to a teacher and, as a parent, I can tell you one of the simplest things you can do with your children, that will have the biggest impact on their schooling. Are you ready? PICTURE: Picsea/Unsplash Read to them, every night. Doesn’t really matter what you read, but a children’s Bible is a classic. […]
Planned strikes cast shadow over Pope’s Portugal visit next month
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Portuguese teachers, railway workers, police officers and garbage collectors are planning protests and strikes during a visit by Pope Francis next month in an effort to force the government to raise wages and improve their working conditions. Francis will travel to Lisbon from 2nd to 6th August to attend the World Youth […]
An accurate count?: India, soon world’s most populous nation, doesn’t know how many people it has
YP RAJESH and RUPAM JAIN, of Reuters, report…
After quake, Syrian schools silent as teachers, students perish
Jandaris, Syria Reuters An eerie silence lay over the courtyard of Ramadan al-Suleiman’s nursery in northern Syria on Sunday as he picked his way through smashed cinderblocks, twisted metal and broken plastic swings. The modest nursery in the town of Jandaris – about 70 kilometres from the city of Aleppo – once hosted 100 toddlers, […]
France protests look to test government’s resolve on pension reforms; in Portugal, teachers take to the streets
Paris/Tours, France Reuters Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday seeking to keep up pressure on the government over its pension reform plans, including a move to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62. After three days of nationwide strikes since the start of the year, unions are hoping to match […]