News
International Education News Round-up
(June 15-21, 2009)
Do you really need an MSc to get on top of social networking?
(The Guardian 06/18/2009)
A university launches a masters course in using sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in business.
Net filtering seen as ineffective
(Yomiuri Shimbun 06/17/2009)
Flaws abound Japan’s filtering system for limiting access to cell phone Web sites.
China detains 40 over exam cheating
(Inquirer.net 06/15/2009 AFP)
Chinese police have detained 40 people in multiple cases of alleged
high-tech cheating on the country's make-or-break university entrance
exams, state media reported.
A tenth of children don't know how to ride a bike 'due to parents' fears about strangers'
(Daily Mail 06/18/2009)
One in ten children do not know how to ride a bike as worried parents
refuse to let them spend enough time outdoors, according to new figures.
What does 'p' in music mean? Twenty percent of US students know
(Christian Science Monitor 06/17/2009)
Recent studies find little change in students’ arts participation and achievement.
Schools 'too safe' teachers say
(BBC News 06/18/2009)
Nearly half of teachers questioned for a survey believe the health and
safety culture in schools is damaging children's learning.
More youths not in jobs or school
(BBC News 06/16/2009)
The proportion of young people in England not in education, employment
or training has increased to more than one in 10, government figures
show.
7,300 school buildings in Japan may collapse in event of big quake
(Breitbart.com 06/15/2009)
More than 7,300 public school buildings in Japan are at high risk of
collapse in the event of a powerful earthquake, the Japanese education
ministry reports.
Colleges strive to ensure intellectual diversity
(USA Today 06/17/2009)
Dozens of U.S. colleges have taken steps to ensure their students are
exposed to a range of intellectual views on campus, and to ensure that
students can freely express their views.
(Published 22 June 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
