Pearson is selling its stake in the Financial Times to Nikkei Inc., a leading Japanese media organization, for $1.3 billion. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg News) Pearson, the world’s largest education company, the one that testing critics love to hate, wants to get much, much bigger. It is selling other investments so that it can focus entirely on… Read More »
OCR has said it will need to hire an extra 5,000 staff to mark exams, to cope with changes instigated by Michael Gove during his time as Education Secretary, which have been dismissed by teachers’ unions as “poorly thought-through” . The reforms, which switch the emphasis from coursework marked by teachers to end-of-course exams, will… Read More »
On Broadcasting House, one of my favourite Radio 4 programmes, was this morning discussing a report (pdf) from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty commission. It finds, amongst other things, that ‘education at a private or a Grammar school is also associated with an increased chance of labour market success’ amongst dim kids. Who’d have… Read More »
They will insist that membership of the 28-nation bloc has had an “overwhelmingly positive” impact on the standard of higher education and has helped to cement the strong global reputation of Britain’s universities. The intervention of Universities UK in the debate over Britain’s place in the EU comes amid preparations for David Cameron’s promised vote… Read More »
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 »