Israil Is The right place to hold an international conversation on innovation in education, OECD director of education and skills Andreas Schleicher said Monday. He made the remarks at the opening of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Global Education Industry Summit, organized jointly with Israel’s Education Ministry ... Read More »
Back in January, Microsoft announced Minecraft: Education Edition. Later, the company released an ‘early access’ version to some educators. At the time, some folks were dubious that a video game could serve as a legit tool in the classroom. With that said, Minecraft isn’t really a video game in the traditional ... Read More »
The full version of Minecraft: Education Edition is finally arriving on November 1, following an extended testing and free trial period that began this summer. The version of Minecraft aimed at educators and schools came out of Microsoft’s acquisition of learning gameMinecraftEdu earlier this year, which built upon Minecraft to ... Read More »
After a summer of test runs, the full version of Minecraft: Education Editionwill officially launch on November 1st. When it goes live, the service will require a $5 yearly membership per user or a district-wide license, but the Early Access edition is still free until November. According to the MinecraftEdu ... Read More »
Public school supporters want to keep state money out of the pockets of private schools, although the idea — popular among conservatives — is gaining traction months before the legislative session. Advocates of the so-called school choice movement want the state to give each Texas student who no longer wants ... Read More »
Parents will keep the right to have places on school governing boards, the education secretary, Justine Greening, has announced. Greening told the Commons education committee on Wednesday that she was dropping plans by her predecessor Nicky Morgan to eliminate reserved places for parent governors in England’s state schools. Morgan’s original ... Read More »
The Atlantic Rim Collaboratory holds its inaugural summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, on September 14 and 15, when representatives of eight leading educational agencies and international experts will launch the international initiative to improve elementary and secondary education systems throughout the world. ARC is a public-private collaboration that has been established ... Read More »
Education Minister Naftali Bennett has managed to set two main goals for the education system since entering the ministry. Last year, it was strengthening the study of mathematics, but now the emphasis has shifted to bolstering the study of Judaism. “Studying Judaism and excelling in it is more important to ... Read More »
The new vice-president of a major international business school accreditation organisation has warned that Brexit could cause “irreparable” damage to UK business education and that there needs to be an “awful lot” of discussion to ensure it is avoided. Rebecca Taylor, who became vice-president (academic) of the European Foundation for ... Read More »
Every year, India dreams of its higher educational institutions rising up to world standards in terms of ranking, number of peer-reviewed publications, and awards for research. It dreams of this despite reports that almost three-fourths of the graduates emerging from these colleges and universities are adding little value to research ... Read More »
When his daughter was in third grade, Ryan Bannister started having trouble helping her with homework. “It just didn’t make sense to me,” he explains. Like a lot of parents, Ryan didn’t understand the new methods being taught under Common Core, adopted by Pennsylvania in 2013. He began researching and ... Read More »
At least, that was the plan before the controversies and confusion of last week’s“immigration week” stuck around to steal education’s spotlight. But there is some indication that Trump’s going to emphasize education more in the future. He’s chosen a policy adviser on education. “Education, education, education!” he declaimed at a ... Read More »
