Education News
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Should I grade-skip my gifted child?
Jonathan Wai, Duke University; Ann Lupkowski Shoplik, University of Iowa, and Susan Assouline, University of Iowa The American school system puts students in grades ... -
Helping Students to Develop Presentation Skills
Show and Tell As a young mom I was not familiar with the concept of “show and tell”. My eldest son was 4 years ... -
Was Nov. 8 a massive failure of civics education?
How one group reaches out to our youngest citizens This article was written by Nora Howe and Thomas Kerr-Vanderslice “I hate politics so much.” ... -
Why it doesn’t help — and may harm — to fail pupils with poor math grades
This article was written by Elizabeth Walton Many South Africans were outraged by the recent announcement that for 2016, pupils in Grades 7 to ... -
Free higher education won’t magically improve access
This article was written by P. Pratap Kumar Many academics, including myself, have explored why free higher education is not economically viable in South Africa. ... -
Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t
This article was written by Amanda Mason-Jones Worldwide, more than 65m adolescent girls have no access to school. And it’s not just poorer countries that ... -
Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system
This article was written by Dean Ashenden, University of Melbourne For 50 years, Australia’s policymakers have been persuaded that growth at every level of the ... -
Prospective higher education students need better information about admissions process: Shergold report
This article was written by Michelle Grattan More students than ever before have the opportunity for higher education but their choices are being undermined by ... -
Young scientists seek solutions to South Africa’s higher education crisis
This article was written by Sahal Yacoob and Karen Jacqueline Cloete The South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) has decided it is time to speak ... -
New partnerships are needed to arrest economic malaise in South Africa
This article was written by Steve Koch South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his 2016 mid-term budget on the back of a crisis in ...