News
International Education News Round-up
(March 30 to April 5, 2009)
How Bill Gates Would Repair Our Schools
(Washington Post 03/30/2009 Fred Hiatt)
Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder turned full-time philanthropist, talks about how to improve schools for poor children.
Students demand campus ban on Twitter and Facebook to stop computers being hogged
(Daily Mail 04/01/2009)
Students are campaigning to stop fans of Facebook and Twitter from hogging university computers.
Social media course defended on Twitter
(The Guardian 03/30/2009 Jessica Shepherd)
Academics criticized for offering a masters degree covering Twitter and
other social networking websites defend themselves against the media
onslaught.
'We don't need a Twittericulum'
(Daily Telegraph 04/04/2009 Olga Craig)
Computer games and social networking sites are responsible for a generation of inarticulate children, say neuroscientists.
Little Britain 'makes pupils behave badly'
(The Independent 03/31/2009 Richard Garner)
Teachers blame sketch show and 'Big Brother' for rudeness and excessive swearing in the classroom.
Keeping Kids From One Byte Too Many
(Washington Post 04/01/2009 Ruth Marcus)
A recent study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned
Pregnancy found that 22 percent of teen girls and 18 percent of boys
had sent or posted online nude or semi-nude photos.
Children's reading not improving
(BBC News 03/31/2009)
Primary school pupils in Wales are not making enough progress in reading and writing, education inspectors say.
College grads face worst job market in years
(USA Today 04/02/2009 Mary Beth Marklein)
For many college students in the class of 2009, the post-graduation job
hunt has turned into a quest for a rewarding Plan B — or in many cases
Plan C or D.
MPs call for simpler curriculum
(BBC News 04/02/2009)
Schools should follow the curriculum only in the core subjects of
English, math, science, and ICT, England’s Commons schools committee
says.
Employment blues hit fresh graduates in Japan
(Channel News Asia 04/01/2009 Michiyo Ishida)
With Japan caught in a global recession, getting a job is significantly more difficult this year.
(Published 07 April 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
