News
International Education News Round-up
(June 1-7, 2009)
Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online
(The New York Times 06/08/2009 Winnie Hu)
Math teachers in Connecticut replace math textbooks with their own custom-designed online curriculum.
U.S. effort to reshape schools faces challenges
(New York Times 06/01/2009 Sally Ryan)
U.S. education officials shut down low-performing schools and reopen them with new staff members.
Hundreds of Sats examiners wrongly disqualified
(The Guardian 06/04/2009 Polly Curtis)
The marking of Sats tests has been hit by delays after problems in the
quality-checking of examiners led to hundreds of markers being wrongly
barred from taking part.
Africa: Study Criticises Laptops for Children Scheme
(allAfrica.com 06/04/2009 Naomi Antony)
Researchers criticize the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) scheme for not
providing teachers adequate training on how to use laptops.
Angola: UK Embassy Offers Academic Materials to ISCED
(allAfrica.com 06/04/2009)
At least 50 books are part of the consignment of academic teaching
materials that the Embassy of the United Kingdom has donated to the
Higher Institute of Education Sciences.
Men 'out-performed at university'
(BBC News 06/07/2009)
Female students are ahead of men in almost every measure of UK
university achievement, according to a report from higher education
researchers.
Ohio school cancels graduation over cheating
(USA Today 06/05/2009)
An Ohio school district says it uncovered a cheating scheme so
pervasive that it had to cancel graduation ceremonies for its 60
seniors.
Online novel teaches young Brazilians safe sex
(The Yomiuri Shimbun 06/08/2009)
An attempt to encourage young Brazilians living in Japan to practice
safe sex by means of a cell phone novel in Portuguese is being promoted
by a Tokyo-based incorporated nonprofit organization.
(Published 08 June 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
