Charter by definition means contract, a legally binding agreement between two or more parties to do or not do something within a specified period of time. Typically, contracts also enshrine a set of rewards and punishments. Contracts are the quintessential market category. They govern how relations work in the marketplace and ensure exchange relations occupy […]
Although a major scandal erupted in 2019 over bribery and other fraudulent practices used by wealthy Americans to secure their children’s admission to elite colleges, the affluent continue to benefit from other kinds of special admission policies that are perfectly legal. Consider the fact that, according to a recent study, only about 57 percent of […]
Nicaragua switches allegiance from Taiwan to China; free online tutoring for students; China observes the National Memorial Day for the victims of the Nanjing massacre.
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Critique la série "Star Trek Discovery" saisons 4 Épisode 4, par Frédéric Chambon.
In its Term 1 sociology test for Class 12 students – held on December 1, 2021 – the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) included a question asking which political party was in power when the “anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place”. This has caused a furore. Calling the question “inappropriate”, CBSE has promised to take “strict action”[Read More...]
Likbez (USSR), Tatar Literacy Club, 1935. Almost every single child on the planet (over 80% of them) had their education disrupted by the pandemic, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) agency. Though this finding is startling, it was certainly necessary to close schools as the infectious COVID-19 virus tore through society. […]
Education : nos écoles et professeurs en danger ? 1 déc. 2021 Europe 1 Aujourd'hui dans "Punchline", Laurence Ferrari et ses invités débattent des récentes agressions envers les enseignants dans les écoles. Après le Lycée Montaigne dans le VI arrondissement de Paris, cette fois-ci c'est le Lycée Jean-Rostand à Mantes-la-Jolie qui est visé par des tirs de mortiers et incendie. Après les violences, les professeurs ont décidé de se mettre en (...)
Education : nos écoles et professeurs en danger ? 1 déc. 2021 Europe 1 Aujourd'hui dans "Punchline", Laurence Ferrari et ses invités débattent des récentes agressions envers les enseignants dans les écoles. Après le Lycée Montaigne dans le VI arrondissement de Paris, cette fois-ci c'est le Lycée Jean-Rostand à Mantes-la-Jolie qui est visé par des tirs de mortiers et incendie. Après les violences, les professeurs ont décidé de se mettre en (...)
The U.S. is home to the largest number of privately-operated charter schools in the world (about 7,400). While they take different forms and are called different things, charter schools also exist in much smaller numbers in New Zealand, England, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and Canada. Charter schools are privatized, marketized, corporatized school arrangements buttressed by […]
Among the motivations behind establishing a university is a desire to leave old ones. Old in tooth, depraved, decayed, the assumption is that a new institution will return to original purposes on the pretext that these are truly radical. This, on the face of it, is the purpose of The University of Austin (UATX) – […]
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