News
International Education News Round-up
(September 28 to October 4, 2009)
Colleges learn to live with social media
(Baltimore Sun 09/30/2009)
Facebook and other social media sites invade college admission.
One laptop per child in Rwanda
(Daily Mail 10/01/2009)
One Laptop Per Child movement drives Rwanda’s economic growth.
Americans flunk public schools
(WorldNet Daily 09/30/2009)
The U.S. public school system is failing dismally, according to a new WorldNetDaily/Wenzel poll that reveals "barely half believe the public schools are providing students a comprehensive basic education."
Sweet kids can turn violent, study claims
(Toronto Star 10/01/2009)
Children who eat candy and chocolate every day are more likely to be arrested for violent behavior as adults, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
University 'complacency' warning
(BBC News 09/30/2009 Sean Coughlan)
Universities have been warned against "complacency" over standards, in a review commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Oxford University to campaign for US-style scholarships
(The Guardian 10/01/2009 Polly Curtis)
Oxford University calls on elite universities to adopt Ivy-League style scholarships.
2 teachers to join Japan's Antarctica research team
(Breitbart.com 09/29/2009)
An elementary school teacher and a high school teacher will join Japan's Antarctic research expedition team to give students back home lessons about the nature of the icy continent using satellites.
(Published 5 October 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
