Expert Task Force Charges School Reform Alone Will Fail in Closing Achievement Gap

A new task force of national policy experts with diverse religious and political affiliations, in public policy fields including education, social welfare, health, housing, and civil rights have launched a campaign calling for a “Broader, Bolder Approach to Education” to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little. Read more

Bully Safe Schools Launches New Program for U.S. Schools

Every school counselor, social worker, guidance counselor, psychologist, school nurse, teacher, coach, or resource officer faces the challenge of making and keeping schools safe from bullying. Bully Safe Schools, a national leader in research-based bullying prevention services, has announced its 2008 schedule of one day Bully Busters support team leader workshops for school personnel. The workshops will be held across the United States in 31 major cities this summer and fall. Read more

Over 300,000 High-school Pupils Sit to Baccalaureate Exams in Morocco

More than 300,000 students in Morocco on Tuesday started the Baccalaureate exams including more than 130,000 girls, which is a rise of 5.9 percent compared to the previous year, APA learned in Casablanca. Read more

Power of Estimation Takes Math Beyond Classroom

Often, real-life applications of math do not require exact answers. People estimate weekly grocery bills, gas mileage, construction costs and the amount of fabric needed to make a dress. Robert Reys, Curator’s professor of mathematics education at the University of Missouri, has spent much of his career finding better ways to incorporate teaching mental computation and estimation skills into the mathematics curriculum. Read more

Mobifusion Teams Up With McGraw-Hill Education To Expand Mobile Learning

Mobifusion, a provider of Indian mobile content products and services, announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) in India, a leader in educational services and publishing, to develop mobile learning products adapted from its best- selling titles. Read more

IFC to Inject US $4.8 Million in Rwandan Private Education Sector

The International Financing Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank Group, is to provide US$4.8 million lending support to schools and education services providers in Rwanda, an IFC press statement issued on Friday has disclosed. Read more

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