Education reform

Republicans expressed their frustrations Thursday at a press conference with the lack of progress on system reform with the session nearing an end.

During a Q&A session at BNC#6 in Hermanus, BizNews founder Alec Hogg and ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang engaged in a candid discussion.

A charter school founder remembers a leader, academic and activist who championed educational choice for D.C. families and students.

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An organization aiming to reform education in Delaware hosted an informative webinar Wednesday that painted a picture of a poor return on investment, the

The Chairman of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Education Reform Committee, Dr Ian Marshall, has slammed the government’s proposed education reform plans, describing them as “faddish and devoid of serious intellectual rigour and analysis”.As the government continues to promote its reform proposals, dubbed Education Transformation, the BUT group has staked its position – the plans must be backed by a strong policy framework, transparent processes, and a clear alignment with economic realities.Speaking at an event organised by the BUT, titled Caribbean Teachers Talk 3:50 & Beyond, Dr Marshall said the reforms were “long in political expediency but short on contextual applicability”.One aspect of the reform plan is the introduction of a new school certification called the Barbados National Secondary Diploma (BNSD), aimed at showing student competence in certain areas. Dr Marshall questioned the rationale behind this diploma, arguing that in his experience, the previous Barbados Secondary School Leaving Certificate was not widely used to help individuals advance academically or acquire jobs.“What value is such a qualification in circumstances where other qualifications, namely CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) and CAPE (Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination), supersede them and for which there is greater currency in the marketplace?” he queried.

Education reform in Scotland could lead to a secondary school experience better suited to teenagers’ wide array of needs and interests, says depute head Ed Carlin

The impending 17 percent increase in property taxes has our elected leaders on the political edge, thinking they are about to be tarred by the taxpayers’ brush and that doing something, anything, would be better than doing nothing. They are wrong.

The delegation which is on a four-day working visit to the state is collaborating with stakeholders from the Edo State Ministry of Education, the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (Edo SUBEB), and other government agencies.

Two new bills have been passed in Missouri to transform the state’s educational landscape in a historic education reform package.