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Education system must evolve to stay relevant

The focus on rote learning and grades in our education system has fostered a belief that paper qualifications are the only measure of success. Today’s children are under pressure to work harder and longer than before, so that they can ‘get ahead’.

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Dr Goh played pivotal role in S’pore’s education system

IT IS with great sadness that the teaching fraternity learnt about the passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee.

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The Big Idea — it’s bad education policy (Los Angeles Times)

One simple solution for our schools? A captivating promise, but a false one.

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The Big Idea — it’s bad education policy (Los Angeles Times)

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Letter: Education woes (Merced Sun-Star)

Editor: I constantly read in the newspapers about the woes of our education system and budget proble

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Letter: Education woes (Merced Sun-Star)

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Protest against education cuts (Edinburgh Evening News)

THOUSANDS of teachers and lecturers from across Scotland were set to take part in a protest march against education cuts today.

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Protest against education cuts (Edinburgh Evening News)

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Give our children an education system that teaches them to think (The Nation - Thailand’s English news)

What kind of education do our children have to endure? Last week’s shocking news that 80 students from a Bangkok school were rushed to hospital for having taken dangerous cough pills should - hopefully - shake our national leaders to wake up from their long sleep, and do something about our education system.

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Give our children an education system that teaches them to think (The Nation - Thailand’s English news)

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Education foundations launch campaign supporting Baldwin County school tax (Mobile Press-Register)

BAY MINETTE — Signs urging people to “Vote Yes” in next month’s 1-percent sales tax referendum for Baldwin County Public Schools spread across the county last week as education foundations launched an intense campaign. School system officials said they are battling the most severe financial crisis in the system’s history with losses in state and local funding totaling some $61 million over two …

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Education foundations launch campaign supporting Baldwin County school tax (Mobile Press-Register)

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John Legend: Education Reform: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (The Huffington Post)

While Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for our laws to not discriminate, our education system still helps perpetuate inequity.

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John Legend: Education Reform: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (The Huffington Post)

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Nominations accepted for ‘Education is the Key’ award (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Nominations are now being accepted for the “Education is the Key” awards, presented through the Regional Office of Education.

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An Education leads Bafta longlist (Belfast Telegraph)

Carey Mulligan film An Education is leading the Bafta nominations longlist with 17 nods. Related Stories Jake Gyllenhaal: I’m not Spiderman! Ellie Goulding is hot tip for 2010 New housemate set to enter CBB Vampire Weekend defend dress sense Avatar joins Titanic at the top

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An Education leads Bafta longlist (Belfast Telegraph)

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