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International Education News Round-up
(May 25-31, 2009)
In war zone, soldier uses blog to teach
(New York Times 05/30/2009 AP)
Students get acquainted with other cultures through a teacher’s blog.
Web Site Lets Parents Track Data on Students
(New York Times 05/28/2009 Javier Hernandez)
A website that offers an interactive portfolio of public school
students’ test scores, grades and attendance rates will be available
for all parents by the end of June, the U.S. Department of Education
declares.
iPhone to replace register at Japan university
(Reuters.com 05/28/2009)
A Japanese university is giving away the trendy iPhone to students for
free, but with a catch: the device will be used to check their
attendance.
City wants to expand 'Teach for America' program
(EdNews.org 05/31/2009 Baltimore Sun)
The Baltimore school system asks Teach for America to double the number
of teachers it puts in city classrooms in the next two years.
Swine flu shuts Eton as UK cases pass 200
(The Guardian 05/28/2009 Severin Carrell)
Eton has closed temporarily after a pupil was diagnosed with swine flu,
as the total number of cases in the UK rose above 200.
Rwanda: School Dropout Rate Alarming
(allAfrica.com 05/29/2009 Sam Nkurunziza)
The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has announced that the rates at
which students drop out of schools are still alarming and subsequently
declared intentions of reducing the trend by at least two percent by
the end of the next financial year.
Young face 'tough job prospects'
(BBC News 05/26/2009)
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that only one in five companies planned to hire 16-year-olds.
(Published 01 June 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
