Education

Ecuador: Time is pressing to halt the imposed dissolution of the teacher union UNE

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Australia: teacher honoured for work with indigenous students

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Northern Territory educator Sally Mackander.

Reasserting Indigenous Peoples' right to quality education

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On International Day, UN spotlights indigenous peoples' right to education

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Indigenous Wayuu children in the village of Pessuapa, Colombia.

Can Nature Videos Help Improve Prisoner Behavior?

Researchers have identified a simple intervention that may help reduce levels of violence in maximum security prisons. Inmates who viewed nature videos showed reduced levels of aggression and were less likely to be disciplined than those in similar...

Struggle to educate Syrian refugee children mounts as funding dries up

"This report raises the alarm that there is insufficient funding to get all Syrian children into school,” said the report author, Kevin Watkins, executive director of the Overseas Development Institute. “These children have lost their homes, their...

Struggle to educate Syrian refugee children mounts as funding dries up

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UK: school funding formula for schools delayed

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