Over 27 million children out of school
Source:ET Seven million children have not even received any form of primary education. PHOTO: APP/ FILE ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) is finalising the make-up of its government, an…
How not to say the wrong thing
Source:LATIMES: (Illustration by Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times) When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues.…
Meet Your New School Principal: Sugata Mitra
Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is best known for his “Hole in the…
Three wrongs make a right
Source:The Economist: A surprising new way to kill tumours: PANCREATIC cancer is a dreadful disease. Even in rich countries, only about 4% of those diagnosed with it are still alive…
Ambitious’ scholarships launched
Source: China Daily The $300 million scholarship fund for foreign students to study in China launched by US private equity tycoon Stephen Schwarzman represents a “remarkably ambitious” effort to boost…
The Second Cooing: Raising Passenger Pigeons from the Dead
Source: Spiegel Philip Bethge/ DER SPIEGEL The world has been without passenger pigeons since 1914. Now, scientists want to bring them back. Geneticist Ben Novak has embarked on the project…
What Can Animals Teach Us About Our Morality?
Source: The Daily Beast: De Waal, an Emory University primatologist, has spent his career uncovering the surprising social behaviors of various primate species like chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, and—perhaps most famously—those…
Switzerland: Too attractive? Universities tested by foreign students influx
by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch April 7, 2013 – 11:00 The rising influx of foreign students to Swiss universities is bringing more international talent to the country. But the debate on…
OPINION: CAPITAL IDEAS: A Simple Way to Send Poor Kids to Top Colleges
By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: March 31, 2013 WASHINGTON THE packages arrived by mail in October of the students’ senior year of high school. They consisted of brightly colored accordion folders…
After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world
Source: The Economist. THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced…
Online Courses Look for a Business Model
Source: WSJ By MELISSA KORN And JENNIFER LEVITZ Professor Jeremy Adelman has taught a world-history class at Princeton University for several years, but as he led about 60 students through 700 years of…
Meteor shower will light up night sky for just a few hours
Source: CNN CNN iReporter Abe Blair, a professional photographer, www.blindmanphotos.com shot pictures of the Perseid meteor shower over Crater Lake, Oregon for six to seven hours in August 2012. (CNN)–…
TED Talk: Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video To Reinvent Education
Source: The Huffington Post Watch Salman Khan discuss the reinvention of education through video, then read a follow-up post by YouTube Education’s Angela Lin below. Growing up, my mother…
Free and Open Yale University Courses
Epigraph: “The ink of a scholar is worth more than the blood of a martyr.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection…
Humanity Is Still on the Way to Destroying Itself’
Source: Spiegel: Getty Images People scavenging at a dump in India: Where are the limits to growth? In 1972, environmental guru Dennis Meadows predicted in his seminal study “The Limits…
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Source: Nasir Rajput-Stade-Germany Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor :…
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