News

International Education News Round-Up
(July 12-July 18, 2010)

E-Learning to Enhance Environmental Education
(allAfrica.com 07/15/2010 Godlove Bainkong)
Members of the Cameroon chapter of the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development-Cameroon (CBSD-Cameroon) study e-learning to enhance environmental education.

Millions of books get digitized for the disabled
(USA Today 07/14/2010 Stephanie Steinberg)
Books get digitalized for the disabled who have difficulty turning book pages.

Teachers to Get Techno Savy
(allAfrica.com 07/14/2010 )
After months of deliberations and planning by the Department of Basic Education, the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI) rolls out with key focus on teacher training and development in ICT, computer literacy, and pedagogy.

Pupils Say 'No' to Chalk and Talk
(allAfrica.com 07/14/2010 Wainaina Wa Ndung’u)
None of the primary and secondary school students at an awards presentation day in Othaya wants to be a teacher.

Many campuses shortening calendar because of state budget crisis.
(Daily News 07/25/2010 Louis Freedberg)
Despite the findings of education experts that increased classroom time helps improve student performance, Los Angeles Unified and more than a dozen other districts in California cut downs the number of school days because of the ongoing budget crisis.

Your family 'type' can affect your kids at school
(USA Today 07/16/2010 Sharon Jayson)
A study suggests that the way families interact at home affects how kids perform at school.

Academies 'fail to teach traditional subjects'
(Telegraph.co.uk 07/16/2010 Nick Collins)
Academies shun traditional subjects such as English and History in favour of less challenging qualifications in an effort to drive up results.

Teachers Welcome Laptop Initiative
(allAfrica.com 07/16/2010 Gabi Khumalo)
Teachers across the country welcome the roll out of the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI), saying they are looking forward to sharing ideas, learning from each other and improving the quality of the education system.

 (Published 19 July 2010, Smart Communications, Inc.)