Australia's government has implemented an $8.9 million pilot program that aims to teach Arabic, French, Indonesian, Japanese or Mandarin Chinese to preschoolers using foreign language games on tablet devices. Forty preschools will be selected to participate in the one-year trial program in early 2015.
I Rio de Janeiro står skyskrapor tätt intill kåkstäder. Ändå framhåller Nobelpristagaren Eric Maskin att Brasilien är det positiva undantaget som lyckats minska inkomstskillnader i en globaliserad värd.
Rektorer og uddannelsesledere på gymnasierne opfatter kompetenceudvikling af lærerne som et vigtigt element i den strategiske skoleudvikling. De griber dog opgaven meget forskelligt an. Det viser en ny undersøgelse.
The findings of the study by the OECD will raise concerns over the pressure placed on schools by rising birth rates and the effects of immigration, while experts have claimed that large classes can hamper children's education.
A coalition of 10 educators from the US recently visited Shanghai, China, for a 10-day professional development trip under the "Science Education Without Borders" programme. One major takeaway was the sense of cooperation seen between government, teachers, students and administrators in the Chinese education system.