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International Education News Round-up
(December 21-27, 2009)
Scottish education secretary backs 'brain training'
England’s Education Secretary Michael Russell says computer games can play a key role in encouraging children's learning.
Teachers defying gravity to gain students’ interest
(New York Times 12/21/2009 Kenneth Chang)
The Northrop Grumman Foundation sends science teachers on flights of weightlessness to excite teachers and students about science and mathematics.
London set for Swedish schools
(BBC 12/22/2009 Angela Harrison)
A private Swedish company opens two news academies in England.
Fast-track degrees proposed to cut higher education costs
(The Guardian 12/22/2009 Polly Curtis)
Governments develop proposals for more flexible degrees to cut the cost of higher education.
(Published 28 December 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
