Category Archives: News

1. Inequality. Educational resources in the United States remain unfairly stratified by socio-economic class. The lopsided distribution of classroom materials, technologies, libraries, counseling, support services and supplies is obvious. But there’s also the issue of professional development for faculty and administrators. The desire to make a positive impact on all young people’s lives is equally… Read More »

How does hip-hop shape the cultural and political landscape of millennials? That is one question amongst many that Dr. Bettina Love seeks to answer next year as she conducts research at Harvard University on civic engagement and hip-hop. In 2013 Harvard University and the Hiphop Archive established the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship. The announcement of… Read More »

Employment Minister Priti Patel said: “The old benefits system we inherited was broken, trapping the very people it was meant to help. “Our welfare reforms are transforming the lives of some of the poorest people in our communities. We are making sure those who are unemployed have the right skills for their next job, and… Read More »

Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has called for an immediate stop to the sale of handouts by lecturers to students in the country’s tertiary institutions. The Minister said the practice does not only place further financial burden on parents, but also stifled research, originality and independent work… Read More »

Kunskappskolan runs a chain of schools in Sweden In Gothenburg’s main square I watch as a crowd of rowdy, happy teenagers pile out of the back of a flatbed truck and set off coloured smoke bombs. All dressed up with jaunty caps, and prom dresses they are celebrating the end of their school days with… Read More »

Ohio Governor John Kasich became the 16th—and perhaps last—Republican to join the field for the 2016 presidential nomination with his announcement today in Columbus at his alma mater, Ohio State University. Kasich, who spent 18 years in Congress, didn’t mention education issues during his launch speech. As governor, he has expanded voucher programs and charter… Read More »

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed assertions that Ghana’s education system is still using colonial structures. The President of the Innovative Teachers, Stephen Desu, on Citi FM’s The Big Issue over the weekend criticized Ghana’s educational system saying, the academic structure and curriculum used by basic schools were colonial. “This educational system is colonial… Read More »