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 Social Media
  Coursera Teams up With Ten More Universities
  MOOC platform Coursera team up with ten US universities to further expand their offering.
  by cmimanagers / on May 30, 2013
• in Business
  GUNNAR Optiks in the Classroom
  After receiving glowing reviews from 4th graders in a Las Vegas primary school, GUNNAR Optiks showed up with gifts and education for the kids.
  by cebsilver / on May 30, 2013
• in Social Media
  Coursera Offers MOOCs to Teachers
  MOOC provider Coursera are to begin offering courses aimed at teachers.
  by cmimanagers / on May 8, 2013

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• The WA Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts Equity Scholarship in Australia, 2013

  
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