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GlobalFox News: Chilean students hold protests complaining about delays in promised education overhaulPhoto Credit: Francisco Osorioby The Associated PressSANTIAGO, Chile – Thousands of students are marching in the streets of the Chilean capital to complain about delays in an education overhaul.Read the rest of the story at Fox News.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 28, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalFrom BBC: David Cameron sets out academy ‘vision’ for every schoolPhoto courtesy: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Every school in England should become an academy, PM David Cameron has said, as he set out his "vision for our schooling system".Read the rest of the story at BBC.com.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 17, 2015 · 1 min read
Curriculum and InstructionFrom BBC: Would Chinese-style education work on British kids?Photo credit: P. MorganThe Chinese education system - with its long school days and tough discipline - tops global league tables. But how did British pupils cope when five Chinese teachers took over part of their Hampshire school?Read the rest of the story at BBC News.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 7, 2015 · 1 min read
Curriculum and InstructionWST: Japan Rethinks Higher Education in Skills PushBy Mitsuro ObeTOKYO—Japan is retooling its public universities, sacrificing liberal-arts programs in collaboration with a business community eager for better-skilled graduates.Read the rest of the story at The Wall Street Journal.Mitsuru Obe · Aug 4, 2015 · 1 min read
Curriculum and InstructionBBC: Taiwan students storm education ministry in textbook protestPhoto Credit: Artemas LiuHundreds of students in Taiwan have stormed the education ministry, protesting against proposed changes to the curriculum.At least 200 students scaled the building's fences overnight and camped in the compound in the capital, Taipei.Read the rest of the story at BBC News.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 3, 2015 · 1 min read
School ModelsFrom The Economist: The $1-a-week schoolPhoto Credit: Godot13Private schools are booming in poor countries. Governments should either help them or get out of their way.Read the rest of the story at The Economist.EdCircuit Staff · Aug 3, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalYemen conflict disrupts education for nearly two million childrenFighting in Yemen has closed more than 3,600 schools and disrupted learning for some 1.8 million children, as UNICEF asks warring parties to keep schools safe.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 27, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalFrom BBC: Sweden loses top marks for educationby Branwen Jeffreys, Education EditorIn Gothenburg's main square I watch as a crowd of rowdy, happy teenagers pile out of the back of a flatbed truck and set off coloured smoke bombs.All dressed up with jaunty caps, and prom dresses they are celebrating the end of their school days with a parade.But they are part of a generation which many now fear has been let down by the education system in Sweden.Read the rest of the story at BBC News.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 24, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalFrom Tech Crunch: Is For-Profit The Future Of Education In Brazil?Photo credit: Agência Brasilby Julie RuvoloBrazilian startup Descomplica (“Uncomplicate”) has raised an $8 million Series B to build an education entertainment company that the company hopes could actually change the future of education in Brazil. Read the rest of the story at Tech Crunch.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 21, 2015 · 1 min read

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