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 Offers MOOCs to Teachers
  MOOC provider Coursera are to begin offering courses aimed at teachers.
  by cmimanagers / on May 8, 2013
• in Social Media
  Zynga Teams up With New Schools for Learning Accelerator
  Zynga team up with New Schools to fund companies that use gaming in education.
  by cmimanagers / on May 2, 2013
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  The UK Markets MBA for the Music Industry at Henley Business School Proves to be a Key Influencer in US Job Success
  Henley Business School's new MBA in the Music Industry promises to be a major game changer across the full entertainment spectrum in the New Millennium
  by JerryFlattum / on Apr 30, 2013

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• Colleges Paying the Price for Expensive Facilities

  
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  IFRAME Embed for Youtube By now everyone has heard the statistic that American students and graduates owe more than $1 trillion on student loans. But while everyone knows what these students did with their loans, it’s far less clear what the colleges are doing with all this money. In his new book  College ...
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• Screen Education – Autum 2013

  
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  Screen Education – Autum 2013 Screen Education is essential reading for those with an interest in media literacy. Produced by educators, scholars and critics, the magazines content is tailored to the primary and secondary classroom, as well as some teritary-level material, offering a unique and engaging perspecitve ...
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• VIDEO – Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

  
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• AOA Today | Teacher Appreciation Week

  
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  From Thursday’s inbox… Trouble Viewing May 2013 From the Dean’s Desk - Teacher Appreciation Week Every year in the United States, the first full week of May is devoted to showing teachers how much they mean. National Teacher Appreciation Week is a time for students to let their teachers know how much they impact ...
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• My Mom and the American Dream

  
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• Gray: Early Childhood Education Shouldn’t be Mandatory in D.C.

  
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  WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Officials in the District agree that early childhood education is vital, but opinions differ on the appropriate age to start kids in formal schooling. D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry has introduced a bill that would require attendance in some kind of public, independent, private or parochial ...
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• Americans agree on God, country and sex ed

  
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  Nine out of 10 Americans agree on a few things, according to pollsters, reports AP.   Nearly all believe in God, country and teaching sex education in public schools. More than 90 percent: —admire those who get rich by working hard. —think society should ensure everyone has equal opportunity to succeed. ...
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• Ken Robinson: How to escape educations death valley

  
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• Pay Dispute Heats Up at N.Y.U.’s Florence Campus

  
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• In Britain, a Return to the Idea of the Liberal Arts

  
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  Having been on a continual retreat from the Continent, a broad-based humanistic education is now making a comeback at some British universities.        
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• Briefly: Education: Report Ranks Universities by Individual Subjects

  
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  British and American institutions dominate a new QS report that allows prospective students to search a list of top 200 universities based on specific fields of study.        
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• Summer Opportunities from NC Museum of Natural Sciences

  
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  The NC Museum of Natural Sciences has some exciting opportunities for educators this summer! Join us for a workshop this July. Workshop descriptions below!   To register, follow this link: http://files.naturalsciences.org/education/Ed_Trek_reg_form_2012.pdf   Entomology 101 for Teachers Prairie Ridge ...
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• On the Waiting List, Some College Applicants Try a Little Dazzle

  
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• Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet

  
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• Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border

  
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• Teaching Position

  
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