Michael Bennet remembers the moment the passion for education was ignited within him. It was a decade ago. Then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper suggested Bennet, his chief of staff, should consider applying to be superintendent of the city’s troubled school system. According to a 2007 New Yorker profile of Bennet, at the time he had aspired… Read More »
Education Minister undergoing tests in hospital Saturday, August 01, 2015 | 4:12 PM Â Â Â ‘+activeFrame.title + ‘‘); }else{ $(“.fotorama-caption”).addClass(“remove_caption”); } }) .fotorama(); KINGSTON, Jamaica — Education Minister Ronald Thwaites is currently undergoing tests in hospital, following a fall at his farm earlier today. A media release from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said,… Read More »
The education commissioner is conducting an inquiry against 28 education officers who had allegedly submitted false documents to get their jobs. “The final report will be submitted by the commissioner to the government soon and action against the faulty education officers will be taken by the government,” said Education Commissioner Purushottam Bhapkar. “A person had… Read More »
Added on July 31, 2015 VibeGhana Madam Rita Odoley Sowah, the La-Dadekotopon Municipal Chief Executive, has urged stakeholders in education, to help mould the lives of children. She urged parents and teachers to support each other and show unconditional love for children, in order for them to become responsible adults in future. Madam Sowah made… Read More »
Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director- MFWA
Regional News of Saturday, 1 August 2015 Source: Tigo 2015-08-01 New Obeng Yaw Basic School in Adeiso – Eastern Region Tigo Ghana would on Sunday begin airing a television series on its new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project Shelter 4 Education under which it constructed school blocks for selected basic schools across the country. The… Read More »
Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a campaign event at Drake University on June 12, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) On May 19, 2015, Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to make all 4-year public college tuition free. Under the proposed legislation, the $70 billion a year awarded in… Read More »
South Africa dominates a snapshot of what a new ranking for African universities could look like, making up two-fifths of the institutions in the list. Egypt is the second most-represented country, with six universities in the top 30 table, which was drawn up by Times Higher Education and measures research impact. Morocco and Tunisia both… Read More »
As a leader in the field of education and curriculum studies, Philip W. Jackson was deeply concerned with the role of schools in the moral development of children. “He believed in creating school experiences that provided children access to wonderful lives,” said Catharine Bell, PhD’07, Jackson’s former doctoral student and friend, “because he believed children… Read More »
By Beckie Supiano The Obama administration is expected to announce on Friday that it will allow some prisoners, all of whom have been barred from receiving federal Pell Grants since 1994, to receive them under a limited pilot program. The change is small in scope, but it sends a strong signal. Debates about educating inmates… Read More »