So often it seems that well-meaning efforts toward improving education not only do not succeed, but, in many cases, actually make things worse. In medicine, “iatrogenic” is the word used when ...

Consider a group of new sociology students who are about to dive into a completely new subject. Half of them are fresh out of upper secondary school. They need to settle into student life and get to ...

Israeli youngsters will begin their compulsory schooling a year earlier and complete it a year later if Deputy Premier and Education Minister Yigal Allon is successful in pressing for legislation to ...

LITERACY RACE: In 1906, illiteracy among white North Carolina children totaled 45,000. This, combined with a growing fear of an educated Black population, led local residents to push for compulsory ...

The majority of British adults believe studying a modern language should be compulsory in school, a survey suggests. Only one in five (21%) UK adults said they can have a conversation in a modern ...

In his Commentary “Creativity: The Path to Economic Recovery” (May 13, 2009), David Burns logically argues against emphasizing STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) at the expense ...

We write in advance of the 98th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (“the Committee”) and its review of Pakistan. This submission focuses on the right to free and compulsory ...