In April 2022, top representatives of University of Phoenix took part in the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Annual Meeting. This was the 107th AACRAO yearly conference and ran on April 3-6 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Top administrators from across the United States came together at the meeting […] … learn more→

The call for students to desert from AgroParisTech or the recent forum for students from the Écoles Normales Supérieures demonstrate this forcefully: the new generations are less and less satisfied with current scientific courses. They do not necessarily find them up to the challenge. Young people need to understand why learning science can help them to truly face the crises […] … learn more→

This week, the disability royal commission is looking at the experiences of children and young people with disability in different schools across Australia. This includes mainstream schools as well as so-called “special schools”. An estimated 10% of school students (aged 5–18) in Australia have a disability, although this number is much higher in some states. Most of these students […] … learn more→

While co-education represents enormous progress compared to a previous situation of gender segregation which led to greater inequalities than today, its introduction was not enough to give the same opportunities to girls and boys. Many works have shown that it is not enough to decree gender diversity (even if it is necessary) for the gendered division of knowledge, […] … learn more→

Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun policy. It requires both prevention and crisis response that take students’ emotional well-being – not just their physical safety – into account. School violence prevention also requires […] … learn more→

If you are the owner of a business, then you should do everything in your power to make sure that your business is as successful as it can possibly be. Improving the productivity of your employees is one of the best ways to help boost your company as a whole and is something that you […] … learn more→

What if something as simple as bolding parts of a word could make reading a breeze, improving your focus, speed and comprehension? That’s the claim made by the creators of Bionic Reading, an app that revises texts so that the most concise parts of the words are “highlighted.” Doing so, according to the makers of the […] … learn more→

Various modes of restitution make it possible to cross the glances. Here, a small exhibition was designed by the participants from sheets they filled in on their teaching practices. Provided by the author[/caption] Can you imagine meeting one day, walking through your neighborhood, dozens of boys and girls accompanied by university students in search of […] … learn more→

Throughout our lives and, as social beings that we are, we form different ties with our equals. From the superficial and instrumental, of courtesy, to the most intimate of communication, trust and deep affection. In this way we are building a network of relationships that constitute our social fabric . Four levels of approach Depending on the degree of […] … learn more→

When a state of disaster was declared in South Africa in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, a hard lockdown was instituted and schools were shut. This was followed by varying periods of lockdowns, school closure and rotational timetables to maintain social distancing across different grades. Administrative data show that children in South Africa missed at least […] … learn more→