education

Mossbourne Academy... This name doesn 't mean something for you, or you or us ! Cambridge and Oxford are the most popular colleges in Great Britain. But before joining this high school, pupils have to do some exams. This academy, based in the Borough...

With her book The Battle Hymn of a mother tiger , Amy Chua has created controversy in the United States... Besides, the Bogeyman seems to be a sugar daddy. In a book that makes a lot of noise, Amy Chua tells how she educated her daughters "the Chinese...

Money, study, go! Everyone has the right to education. Even the poorest pupils. And they want to assert this right. Thus, the English poorest backgrounds miss out more and more in University.This is encouraging and serves as an example. Even if the tuition...

Each year looks like the previous concerning education : new reforms, demonstrations and strikes. 2010 has not been an exception. The first change went on september with the reform of the « llycee », especially for the first year (« La Seconde »). Once...

A new clash starts back the debate about the question of security in school. Some days ago, in a prestigious Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, a brawl between two teenagers shocked English people. A water fight deteriorated into knife attack. Two boys,...

The agressions in school playgrounds are increasing in many countries. Even states like Japan, Poland or Belgium also are concerned by this phenomenon. In deed, the Education Ministries give regularly alarming rates of this kind of incidents. We observe...

We assist an increase of university's blocking, translating a deep crisis and some hurdles always not resolving. The serious crisis which is going through the French universities is far from being resolved, even though some lessons have started again....

That is the issue aksed in the ATL Conference in Liverpool. Some teachers claim that homework in primary school are a waste, for children and for themselves. This motion has been debated since yesterday. Calling for its abolition for these pupils, the...

A new tendency begins in Italy, with a program aimed at reducing vehicle emissions. This program consists of cheering children on walking to school, and abandon the buses. Thus each morning, about 450 pupils travel along 17 school bus routes to 10 elementary...

For seven weeks, teachers of the French Superior Education are on strike against Valérie Pécresse's (the French minister of the National Education) projects, in particular the one on universities's autonomy. Thirty six colleges are ready to participate...