An integrated approach that involves students, parents, teachers, administrators and social support network is required to prevent bullying in schools, Fawzia Hassan Gareeb, Undersecretary for Educational Operations at Ministry of Education, said during a conference on the issue. The conference focused on ways to address the issue of bullying among children. She said a safe learning environment in schools wasRead more

A revolutionary innovation in teaching, applied in public high schools in southern Philippines has given its students an "edge" over those using traditional classroom-type learning system in their learning recovery since tropical storm Washi claimed more than 1,000 lives and affected hundreds of thousands others. Washi, which brought a rampaging 180 mm of rain water and howling gales of upRead more

A Vancouver-area school district's understanding of China will be improved thanks to a unique gift presented Friday by the local Chinese consulate general. The Surrey School District, the education authority for the fastest-growing municipality in Canada, took delivery of eight boxes of books, containing more than 260 English-language titles highlighting modern China, its history and culture. Among the titles displayedRead more

Kamrani moved to Nashville with her husband, Chris Barbic, superintendent of the Achievement School District for the state of Tennessee. They have two children, both of whom are Metropolitan Nashville Public School students. Margaret Dolan, chairwoman of the Foundation, explained the appointment: “When we began the search for the leader of the Foundation, we had no idea that someone ofRead more

Thousands of pupils have passed through the halls of Darwish Bin Karam School throughout its 71 years in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Saleh Zaid Al Shehi, the principal of the school which is managed and operated by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), believes that its future could only get brighter. "When it was established in 1940 it wasRead more

Few technologies are initially used for the reasons their creators originally envisaged. Take Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor. When he was developing the technology that would become the wireless telephone in the early 1900s, Marconi is said to have believed its primary use would be to relay music performed live in city concert halls to rural regions. In much theRead more

Minister of Education Eid Dahiyat issued a decision to accept Syrian students in the Kingdom’s public schools as of the start of the new term on February 6, regardless of whether their parents have work permits. According to a ministry statement, Dahiyat also decided to exempt them from school fees and the price of books.  Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday proclaimed a controversial ordinance on the protection of students'human rights, which includes banning corporal punishment and allowing freedom in hairstyles and clothing. The students'rights ordinance, passed by the Seoul Metropolitan Council last month, has invited public dispute for some of its controversial clauses such as freedom of sexual preference and freedom to organize ralliesRead more

Two grammar schools are at the top of this year's secondary school league tables for England. Both academically selective schools are no strangers to the top of the table. The Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby, Warwickshire, has the highest point score for GCSEs for the second year in a row and the Colchester Royal Grammar School in Essex tops theRead more

A new report by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. and the Center on Reinventing Public Education, which analyzes the supposed benefits of private, nonprofit charter school management operations, has highlighted interesting trends in the U.S. charter movement. The report – Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts – was reviewed for the Think Twice review project by the NationalRead more