Revolutionizing #education
▻https://hackernoon.com/revolutionizing-education-7c709c8b40c0?source=rss----3a8144eabfe3---4
During summer break, I like to use #online classes to keep my programming skills up to par.I am a strong believer that if you don’t use your skills, you lose your skills.I am able to learn effectively in a classroom setting, and use online classes as a supplement. Many students, however, are unable to thrive in a typical brick and mortar classroom.Over winter break I redesigned a website for an online school, Greenways Academy. While working with their team I realized how beneficial online education is. There are many kids that would not get their high school diploma if there weren’t online alternatives.Kids that benefit from online education are not limited to students that are traveling the world, and competitive athletes. Many students with social anxieties and learning disabilities (...)
New report by @HRW indicates:
Israeli demolitions against West Bank #Palestinian schools since 2010: 16
Schools that #Israel rebuilt: 0
Israeli officials held responsible: 0
#Schools at risk of demolition: 44
#Education #Palestine #oPt
Find more: ►https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/25/israel-army-demolishing-west-bank-schools
New report by @HRW indicates:
Israeli demolitions against West Bank #Palestinian schools since 2010: 16
Schools that #Israel rebuilt: 0
Israeli officials held responsible: 0
#Schools at risk of demolition: 44
#Education #Palestine #oPt
Find more —> ►https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/25/israel-army-demolishing-west-bank-schools
The average person in Kampala knows a lot about the Canadian Prairies
▻http://africasacountry.com/the-average-person-in-kampala-knows-a-lot-about-the-canadian-prairi
I used to find some consolation in the fact that the average person in Kampala knows much more about North America than I knew about east Africa for most of.....
#AFRICA_IS_A_COUNTRY #curriculum #education #schools #Uganda
#HarperCollins omits #Israel from #maps for Mideast #schools, citing ‘local preferences’
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/02/harpercollins-omits-israel-from-maps-for-mideast-schools-citing-loca
White #schools in postapartheid #South_Africa
▻http://africasacountry.com/white-schools-in-postapartheid-south-africa
It’s a little over two decades ago that South Africa’s Whites Only schools began to ‘welcome’ Black students (African, Coloured and Indian) students into their classrooms. Guided by the official principles of multiculturalism and equality, many a White teacher witnessed his or her classroom diversify. In response, many of them adopted the rhetoric of ‘color […]