In a recent guardian article, Stephenie Jimenez tells the story of how a scholarship has changed her life. While she grew up in Queens, New York as a child of a migrant family, she did not go to a public school like all the other children in the Neighbourhoud but went to a Private school […]
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“Those who can, do; those can’t, teach”. This is one of the most common misconceptions of teaching at art schools according to Jennifer Tuckett at Central Saint Martins. “I just do it for the money”; a statement that Jennifer has heard a lot since she started working in her current role as organizer of the MA
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At Thy English Academy, we take inequality seriously; we want to make an actual difference in local families’ lives. Hence, we were able to make a full year of tuition available to one child. This boy receives Maths tuition at Thy English Academy every other week. This will help him prepare for his upcoming entrance exams. Next academic
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Since 2005, the private education sector has experience greater growth than the public education sector in Africa. This holds for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary education except for Kindergarten. One in four children is enrolled in a private school that is either corporate, not-for-profit or charitable. Many of these schools are faith-based or focus on technology.
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The Watoto children’s choir visited the Woodland Grove Care Home as part of their 6-months long UK tour. The choir consists of orphans from Uganda who have lost their parents to war situations or HIV. The positivity of the choir brought new life into the Care Home and was highly appreciated by the residents. Resident
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A teacher at Tadworth Primary school, who has spent several years in China, files a petition for the SATs to become fairer. He criticizes that students with spelling difficulties might become limited in their creativity. Students might avoid difficult words when dreading to lose marks because of spelling. Hence, their creativity is severly limited. Mister
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The prestigious David and Grace Sheppard Award has been given to Norlington School in Leyton. The price is awarded to schools that promote physical, social and emotional development through cricket. In addition to this honor, the price was handed over by no-one less than Graham Gooch, former Norlington pupil and ex-England cricket captain. The cricket
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Chrina Jarvis, 63 visited Selwyn Girls Junior School in Highams Park more than 50 years ago. After meeting one of her classmates, she decided to trace down more of her classmates to organize a reunion. Since she enjoyed her time at primary school a lot, she decided she wanted to talk to fellow students about their
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In case the Stormont parties do not reach an agreement, schools in Northern Ireland dread further cuts to the alright tightly squeezed education system. A 2.5% cut would mean a loss of 50 million pounds for the education system. The money that would be missing would mainly affect school staff and school transport. Since it
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Prime minister Theresa May has increasingly come under attack for her treatment of foreign students. While the opposition as well as the public cries for foreign students to be counted in a separate category, Miss May insists on them counting as immigrants. The problem is, if they keep the status of immigrants, the UK reaches
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