Education

"We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control," Pink Floyd sang. But to become functional humans, all children have to learn something, somehow.

What bloggers really don't agree on is how. There's a strong blogging community around homeschooling, but also strong defenders of state education in many countries. Other bloggers are just concerned about how to find the best private school.

In many parts of the world, meanwhile, parents and children are struggling to work out how to get any education at all. And then there's the whole debate about what children should be taught: from matters of sex to evolution, and much more...

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Education”

• in Lifestyle
  Jeepers Creepers, Watch Those Meepers!
  We expect some words not to be tolerated in our public schools, but do we really want to start banning nonsense words?
  by mybellringers / on Dec 16, 2009
• in Lifestyle
  "Evolution In Schools" Debate Hits Britain
  The British Humanist Association welcomes the teaching of Evolution in the 2011 primary curriculum.
  by mpiti / on Nov 30, 2009
• in Lifestyle
  Indian Rope Trick: Where Is Higher Education Headed?
  India could well be falling short in its understanding and shaping of higher education.
  by fredericknoronha / on Oct 26, 2009

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