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Published in: oDRThe European University at St Petersburg: no license to learn?The European University at St Petersburg has had its education license revoked. What’s next for one of Russia’s top...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An Arendtian approach to post-truth politicsArendt warns that a claim to absolute truth in the political sphere, with no support from opinion, would threaten to...
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Published in: 50.50British academia's colourblind problem: an interview with Dr Nicola RollockDr Nicola Rollock, lead author of the award-winning book The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the...
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, propaganda starts in preschoolMilitaristic ideas and gender stereotypes can dominate one’s early life in Russia — as public holidays in honour of...
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Published in: HomeStanding on the shoulders of Summerhill SchoolFrom the beginning of my work with Summerhill, initially as a fulltime science teacher, I worked with the children...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s displaced universitiesAlmost 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: Can Europe Make It?Two schools under one roof: a lesson in ethnic unmixing from Bosnia’s segregated school systemWhat about one inclusive people that welcomes differences while looking for similarities? Who stands in the way?
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Published in: HomeIntroducing this week's theme: World Forum for Democracy on "Democracy and Equality: Does Education Matter ?"Since November's World Forum for Democracy 2016, openDemocracy has been exploring how education can rebuild...
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Published in: HomeHow do we break the filter bubble, and design for democracy?Some designers have developed software that actually combat online filter bubbles. But how these designers interpret...
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Published in: HomeThe Uberfication of teachingOur schools are addicted to the tyranny of measurement, underpinned by a multibillion dollar business.
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Published in: HomeThe Kiron familyWe revisit the social start-up that gives refugees access to higher education, meeting a 24 yr.old Syrian...
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Published in: HomeNothing’s more meaningful than self-education – but to do that in a prison cell, you need booksHaven Distribution is a UK charity aiding prison education, through a simple but significant contribution: buying...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJobs above all elseNeither the MENA governments nor the international community can afford to let the region’s young down. It is time...
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Published in: HomeChildren need to be ready for the twenty-first century – but what does that mean?Global Citizenship Education is a complex undertaking, encompassing IT-literacy and the promotion of peace and...
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Published in: HomeThe ‘decolonise the curriculum’ movement re-racialises knowledgeIt represents a backward view of knowledge, it entrenches racial thinking, and it presents a degraded view of black students.
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Published in: HomeIn South Africa, what are we supposed to do away with when we decolonise the curriculum?This is not a project that one racial group can claim sole custodianship over. It is a concerted effort to bring...
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Published in: HomeTowards dialogue in Northern IrelandCan education, notions of deliberative democracy and intercultural integration come together to rescue our...
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Published in: HomeSilent lunches: how do we get to educational reform in the US?“As you well know, there is a lot of inequality in American schools and schooling… and a whole emphasis on...
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Published in: HomeBrexit wrecks it: the theory of collective decision makingBasically, political decision-making should not be win-or-lose, as facilitated by the most ancient, primitive,...
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Published in: HomeDialog macht Schule: taking dialogue into schoolsA highly innovative German school programme uses dialogue to move beyond the us versus them of our polarised...
