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Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.
Beyond Oxbridge and Yale: popular stories bring universities to life — we need more of them in Australia

Beyond Oxbridge and Yale: popular stories bring universities to life — we need more of them in Australia

A new campus novel suggests the story of the university in Australia might be almost in vogue, if only as a backdrop for big questions about navigating human failings and representations of truth, and the topical issue of sexual consent. Diana Reid’s new campus novel, Love and Virtue, is set in Sydney. Reid is a graduate […] … learn more→

Children on individual education plans: What parents need to know, and 4 questions they should ask

Children on individual education plans: What parents need to know, and 4 questions they should ask

Already a month into the school year, and after two years of disrupted learning by COVID-19, students with special education needs have been deeply affected. Individual education plans (IEPs) have become a crucial part of the education system. And the number of students on IEPs is growing across Ontario public schools. IEPs are created for students who are defined […] … learn more→

Why some college sports are often out of reach for students from low-income families

Why some college sports are often out of reach for students from low-income families

When it comes to landing a spot on a college sports team, a student’s chances are profoundly affected by their parents’ wealth and education. Even college sports recruitment favors white suburban athletes. Those two findings come from our collective research as sport sociology and education scholars. As former college athletes, we have lived and studied what it takes to become a […] … learn more→

Ruthlessly realistic with annual plans

Ruthlessly realistic with annual plans

Ah, another new academic year. Time to make plans. Take stock. Write goals. Start filling up the diary. Given the disruption we’ve experienced over the last eighteen months, it’s really tempting to think that it’ll be possible to get back to something like our usual routine. This year there’ll finally be time to catch up […] … learn more→

Financial education remains a pending subject

Financial education remains a pending subject

Despite the fact that the uncertainty generated by the pandemic has allowed the savings rates of Spanish families to increase for several quarters, Spain continues to maintain one of the lowest savings rates in the European Union. Saving is still the pending issue. Different factors that explain the lack of savings are mixed. On the one hand, it is a country with […] … learn more→

Why charter schools are not as ‘public’ as they claim to be

Why charter schools are not as ‘public’ as they claim to be

Proponents of charter schools insist that they are public schools “open to all students.” But the truth is more nuanced. As an education policy researcher – and as author of a new book about charter schools I wrote with fellow researcher Wagma Mommandi – I have discovered that charter schools are not as accessible to the public as they are often […] … learn more→

Working with insects in class can promote an investigative attitude

Working with insects in class can promote an investigative attitude

What if we work in the classroom with insects, arachnids, etc., better known to children as bugs? It is very interesting to work with arthropods as an animal model due to the high diversity of anatomical models that they present and because of the ease of observing them both in the classroom and in their environment. […] … learn more→

Homework, a war that lasts

Homework, a war that lasts

The new school year has started, and with it the issues around homework are coming back to the fore. Can we really give students work to do outside the classroom in primary? This is a question that is regularly asked and on which a vagueness remains. While students may have readings to do or lessons to learn at […] … learn more→

New NCAA endorsement rules could benefit women more than men

New NCAA endorsement rules could benefit women more than men

Only one week after the NCAA changed its endorsement rules on July 1, 2021, women college athletes found themselves on billboards in Times Square in New York, launching a clothing line collaboration and signing sponsorship deals for brands including a wireless carrier and a fast-food chain. Women college athletes have historically been far more limited in their ability to profit off their athletic skills compared to their male […] … learn more→

How to help teens overcome social media complexes

How to help teens overcome social media complexes

According to revelations from the Washington Post published on September 14, 2021, internal Facebook documents show the damaging effects of Instagram on the way teens view their bodies. According to these results of young users living in the United States and the United Kingdom, 40% of those who consider themselves “ugly” say that this impression dates from their subscription to this social […] … learn more→