The term “bifurcate” has been widely used in recent months in the French media space, especially during graduation ceremonies from several major engineering and business schools. Pointing to the “ravages” on society and the planet in which technologies would participate, young graduates have said loud and clear their refusal to participate in a capitalist economic model deemed responsible for […] … learn more→

School education in Australia needs a circuit-breaker. Student performance continues to stagnate and teachers report excessive workloads and alarming rates of stress. Our new report from the Grattan Institute, Ending the Lesson Lottery: How to Improve Curriculum Planning, looks at how teachers could be much better supported. Rather than tinkering at the edges of the education system, we should be looking […] … learn more→

13% of children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 have a diagnosed mental disorder, according to the UNICEF report on the state of the world’s children . This report also points out that suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years. In Spain, anxiety, depression , suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating […] … learn more→

With reading and math scores plummeting during the pandemic, educators and parents are now turning their attention to how kids can catch up. In the following Q&A, Susanna Loeb, an education economist at Brown University, shines a light on the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track. 1. How much money is […] … learn more→

Developmental language disorder or DLD is a lifelong disorder that affects language comprehension and expression. People with DLD find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others. About two students in every classroom of 30 will have DLD, so it is about as common as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and much more common than autism. […] … learn more→

Plagiarism is a serial killer that killed the career of thousands of students in almost every corner of the world. Avoid plagiarism throughout your academic career and good news is that avoiding plagiarism is not a tricky thing to handle. You can do it quite easily if you follow some expert advice or techniques. Why […] … learn more→

Chess has recently been in the news far more than usual. First, there was the runaway success of the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. That made chessboards the new toilet paper as retailers and manufacturers struggled to meet the demand. Now there’s a high-profile cheating scandal rocking the chess world. But amid those headlines, the best recent chess news […] … learn more→

A few generations ago, choosing what to study was choosing what we would dedicate our working life to. This conditioned many other aspects of adult life. But recent social changes and in the way we relate to each other condition how we work, and even how much we work. Currently, no decision regarding our professional future should […] … learn more→

After the health crisis, the borders are gradually reopening, particularly in Asia, and young graduates deprived of study trips, academic exchanges and internships abroad will finally be able to carry out the international experience projects they are waiting for. since a long time. For these young graduates who had their wings cut off during their […] … learn more→

Last week, the Productivity Commission released a major report on how to improve Australia’s school and university sectors. “Education is ripe for disruption”, deputy chair Alex Robson said. The commission suggests longer schooldays, online classes taught by qualified teachers, and streaming students into ability groups to improve Australia’s educational performance. But while these ideas may work well for […] … learn more→