News
International Education News Round-up
(July 13-19, 2009)
School computers 'fail to filter'
(BBC News 07/13/2009)
School computer systems in the UK are failing to identify 10% of incoming harmful content, research suggests.
Gov't eyeing 10-fold increase in solar-powered schools
(Breitbart.com 07/17/2009)
The Japanese government has begun accepting applications from public
elementary and secondary schools for subsidies for installation of
photovoltaic panels under its solar-powered schools program.
'Unjust' suspensions hit teachers
(BBC News 07/16/2009)
Children Schools and Families Committee in England says too many
teachers were suspended needlessly and some have had their careers
ruined.
Notorious school closes for good
(BBC News 07/15/2009)
A school in West Yorkshire once dubbed the worst in Britain closes its doors for the last time.
Obama plans $12B boost to community colleges
(USA Today 07/14/2009 Paul Sancya)
U.S. President Barack Obama announces a $12 billion proposal that will
put the nation's community colleges front and center in his economic
recovery plan.
More than half of school-age children feel lives are hectic
(Breitbart.com 07/13/2009)
More than half of responding elementary, junior high and senior high
school students feel their lives are hectic and they would like to
sleep more, according to results of a survey.
Swine flu expected to return with opening of school
(New York Times 07/17/2009 Evan Vucci)
The swine flu will probably return in force earlier than seasonal flu
usually begins, federal health officials predicted, saying they
expected it to erupt as soon as schools open rather than in October or
November.
In Malaysia, English ban raises fears for future
(New York Times 07/13/2009 Liz Gooch)
As Malaysian government forces schools to return to using Bahasa
Malaysia in teaching, nationalists raise concerns whether Malaysia’s
competitiveness as a destination for multicultural companies may suffer.
(Published 20 July 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
