Tag: education
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ATAR bonuses scrapped for WA secondary school students studying more difficult subjects
Students studying more difficult ATAR subjects in Western Australia will no longer have additional bonuses counted as part of their scores, under new changes announced by education authorities. From 2026, students studying Maths Methods, Maths Specialist and languages other than English will not receive any bonus to their ATAR score. The changes will effectively alter…
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Schools to extend extracurricular classes until 8 p.m. for first graders
South Korea on Monday unveiled plans to extend hours for primary schools’ extracurricular classes and make the classes available at all schools to make commuting parents’ life routines more logistically and financially sustainable. The government has allocated a budget of 1.17 trillion won ($879 million) for this year, more than double the amount earmarked for…
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Being American Requires Conformity
A Texas school district superintendent defended the continued suspension of a Black student over his locs hairstyle in a full-page newspaper ad, paid for by an education foundation. Darryl George has been suspended repeatedly by the Barbers Hill Independent School District for his hair. The teen’s family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying the punishment violates the CROWN Act,…
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Science fiction: double feature
A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what? What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation Oh, the guardian, how I used to value you. Atrociously back to basics coverage on two educational issues which, quite literally, promote philistinism. Technology is a tool. A ubiquitous tool in the…
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Crackdown on Palestine in education goes far beyond universities
In November, two teachers at the Citizens of the World Charter School in Los Angeles were suspended and subjected to an investigation after they made social media posts about giving lessons to first graders on the genocide in Palestine. “LOL but I did a lesson on the genocide in Palestine today [with] my first graders,’”…
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Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of war, the Taliban announced that girls were barred from studying beyond sixth grade. They extended this education ban to universities in December 2022. The Taliban have defied global condemnation and warnings that the restrictions will make it almost…