Blogs Posts in Education Issues category; 86 blog posts

Education will be a hot-button issue in Florida primary

When a couple gets a legal separation, it is a lot like a divorce. It will involve the same process of filing papers with the court to start a legal action. The court will then have to make the decisions about where the children wil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Overview of Issues in Current and Higher Education

Education system is the backbone of a progressing society. It is the standard of education that determines an individual’s and the country’s progress. A typical educational system consists of Primary Schools, High Sch [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

What Are Prominent Social Issues in Education?

John Dewey embodies the view that, education is not preparation for life and education is life itself. Education serves as the means to bring about the desired change in society, to develop a generation of virtuous individuals. No doubt, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Education Issues and The Politics of Standardized Testing Co...

Not long ago, there was an interesting piece in Newsweek on the reality US education versus the rest of the world. The article was written by Robert Samuelson, and he touched on a few very interesting points. Namely, if we separa [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Issues in proposed additional Federal universities

With the announcement, last Tuesday of the states where the proposed six federal universities would be located, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat Ahmed Rufai, may have succeeded in dousing the initial apprehensions surrounding wh [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Children of same-sex parents face only common education issu...

Children growing up with gay or lesbian parents progress through school just about as well as their classmates with straight parents, according to a study believed to be the first large-scale examination of the well-being of children wit [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Education issue tops gubernatorial debate held on UT campus

Education was a top issue of discussion Thursday night as gubernatorial candidates Republican Bill Haslam and Democrat Mike McWherter faced each other on the University of Tennessee campus in their second of three debates. One of the fir [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Improvement of education standards

Media and education professionals attended the ‘Media and Civil Society Collaboration Workshop’ at a local hotel where they proposed unification of media and education activists to improve the state of education in Pakistan. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

ACE, Climate Education, and the Issue of Energy Execs

(A prior version of this story previously appeared in PRWatch earlier this summer, and it is being re-posted with some adjustments. For more information, please see the note at the end of the article.)In May, PRWatch reported on a new gr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Education City faces bleak future

The UT's only mega project that took off, Education City, is also facing a bleak future, though its reasons for that are quite different from those of other similar projects.In this case, the stringent conditions finalized by adminis [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Education Minister moves reference against Abid Sher Ali

Federal Education Minister Sardar Asif has moved a reference on Friday against the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Education, Abid Sher Ali accusing him of misusing his authority. Abid Sher Ali had directe [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Education dept fails to ascertain ownership of school

The Education department of the defunct City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is not taking any serious measures to protect a school building from being occupied by a person, a ‘fake owner’, who has claimed that the schools [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Sex education could be better

Teacher embarrassment and lack of knowledge were often to blame, Ofsted said in a report based on findings at 92 primary and 73 secondary schools. It said in many secondary schools, pupils were taught about the biology of sex but not rel [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Florida Dept. of Education reviewing FCAT scores

The Florida Department of Education says it wants to make sure school grades are accurate before releasing them. This statement comes after five school districts questioned the validity of students' scores on the Florida Comprehensiv [...]