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Published in: HomeA Stanford professor admits getting it totally wrong about online education
For years, Sarah Soule thought nothing could replace face-to-face interaction. In our latest podcast she...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEducational elitism isn’t going away without a fight – so Labour must step up
The controversy over Stowe’s headmaster's comments this weekend highlight the longstanding elitism that damages the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor an education that sees children as more than ‘human capital’
The left needs to reclaim education as a democratic practice, and ask searching questions about what education is...
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Published in: oDR“Renegade research”: hierarchies of knowledge production in Central Asia
For those researching the global south, fieldwork needs to be reimagined as a collaborative process which can help...
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Published in: HomeJonathan Haidt: why I changed my mind about the value of school tests
The leading moral psychologist tells us about what led him to rethink a fundamental issue in education.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption corrodes Kurdish education
Quality education from the outset can eradicate corruption, guarantee peaceful coexistence, and bring about social...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco: military service and education reform promise more repression
The reinstatement of compulsory military service in this context of growing tensions is meant to be used for social control.
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Published in: HomeInvestigate the Birmingham Trojan Horse affair
The Birmingham Trojan Horse affair has had serious consequences for public policy, but now the parliamentary...
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Published in: TransformationTrapped on Brexit Island
How did we get here, and how do we escape? Transforming education would be a start.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourse
The topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe EU and the right to education in the West Bank
Education is a crucial component for a self-determined future but for Palestinians this future is hindered by the...
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Published in: oDRThe tragic echoes of Turkey’s anti-Gülen campaign in Turkmenistan
In this highly isolated Central Asian state, “Turkish schools” guaranteed good education and a relationship with the...
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Published in: oDROne Chechen man’s quest for a real education
On this day in 1944, thousands of people in Russia’s North Caucasus were deported to Central Asia. They had few...
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Published in: oDRBeyond the scandal: what is Ukraine’s new education law really about?
After three years of discussion, Ukraine has adopted a new framework law on education. It’s only caused more debate. RU
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, propaganda starts in preschool
Militaristic ideas and gender stereotypes can dominate one’s early life in Russia — as public holidays in honour of...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s displaced universities
Almost three years of war in eastern Ukraine have left their mark on the region’s education services. Without a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe current and future challenges of Middle Eastern studies
In the wake of Trump's victory, what are the challenges for Middle Eastern studies in the US? And what should be the...
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Published in: TransformationWhat’s the point of education?
Can creativity survive in the climate of fear and coercion that’s emerging in our schools?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHigher education reform in Algeria: reading between the lines
The LMD reforms have tied the fate of the Algerian higher education sector to European intellectual and economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael Firsters
For the past few months Israelis and Palestinians have experienced a wave of terrorist attacks mainly on civilian...