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When average isn't good enough: Simpson's paradox in education and earnings

In the early 1970s, the University of California, Berkeley was sued for gender discrimination over admission to graduate school. Of the 8,442 male applicants for the fall of 1973, 44 percent were admitted, but only 35 percent of the 4,351 female applicants were accepted. At first blush, and assuming the applicants’ qualifications were similar, this… Read More »

QUIZ: Can you identify the celebrities behind these education quotes?

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Education increases belief in climate change — everywhere except in the U.S.

In China, people are more likely to understand the risks of climate change if they live in the city instead of the countryside. Almost everyone in Japan knows about climate change. In Egypt, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and India, more than 65 percent of people do. In Burundi, Benin, and Liberia, almost nobody has heard of it. All… Read More »

ICT must be necessity in Basic Education – Barton Odro

Regional News of Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Source: GNA 2015-07-29 Ebo Barton Odro, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mr Ebo Barton Odro, First Deputy Speaker, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast North, on Monday stated that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) must be a basic necessity for all pupils at the basic school… Read More »

Nicky Morgan vows to ease needless bureaucracy for teachers

The education secretary has promised teachers she will tackle unnecessary bureaucracy in schools by establishing working groups on marking, lesson planning and pupil data, following years of complaints from those in the profession. Nicky Morgan said she would ask the three committees to look at the administrative burden faced by teachers and school leaders, after… Read More »

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Investigate Mills' death

Feature Article of Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Columnist: Damptey, Daniel Danquah 2015-07-29 Wicked men have emerged from the rubble of democracy and are now occupying the highest positions in our land. These new Pharaohs who were once sheep have now mutated to become ravening wolves. They have deceived, intimidated and manipulated their prey into total… Read More »

Matters Arising out of Blakk Rasta’s Inquisition

Feature Article of Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Columnist: Asare, Kwaku S. 2015-07-29 S. Kwaku Asare In reprimanding Blakk Rasta, the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Doe Adjahoe, is reported to have said, “Parliament as an institution has the power to jail people who made contemptuous remarks or utterances about the House or MPs and … those… Read More »

The Lessons of Dumsor for Ghanaians

Feature Article of Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Columnist: Seshie, Stanley 2015-07-29 BY: SESHIE, STANLEY Dumsor is affecting every home, workplace and industry in Ghana. It is corroding the economic gains of the nation, and crippling its prospects. Ours is a generation whose comfort is inextricably rooted in electricity. That is why if the light goes… Read More »

Monecracy in Ghana, the nima experience

Feature Article of Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Columnist: Mohammed, Inusah 2015-07-29 My affinity for Citi breakfast show is so strong and lies deep in the very cistern of my heart. This is not because the first time I was interviewed by a radio station was by Citi fm. When I was in SHS, there was… Read More »