In Kenyan classrooms, it’s not always practically possible for teachers to follow the recommended approach.
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Charter schools enjoy smaller classes and better teacher-pupil ratios. But big questions remain about their success rates – and why the public system isn’t better resourced.
Conditional cash transfers can increase access to education – but they need to be accompanied by other measures to boost literacy.
Chronically underfunded classrooms with fewer supports to meet student needs is a core issue for Saskatchewan teachers.
You’d think class sizes would be an important consideration for students when choosing a university, but universities don’t make that information public. They should.
A looming teacher retirement wave means South African universities need to double their annual teacher graduate numbers between now and 2030.
Four experts weigh in on ways to replenish the US teacher workforce and curb burnout.
Schools reopening during the current coronavirus pandemic need to calculate class sizes to prevent the spread of disease and minimize disruptions.
Not all teaching spaces in universities are big enough to allow students to return to normal study as the pandemic restriction ease.
Forcing parents or students to opt out of mandatory e-learning will only serve to normalize Ontario’s push to cut costs at the expense of what’s best for young people.
Research suggests that kids benefit when there are fewer of them in a classroom. But quickly reducing class size can cause new problems as schools scramble to hire new teachers.
Teachers’ unions often say they go on strike to improve conditions for students. A closer look at recent walkouts suggests they are also fighting for something else: membership.
The main problem plaguing Alberta students’ math performance isn’t the current math curriculum or teacher accountability, but inequality and ballooning class sizes.
Grade 4 student Charlene seemed chronically off-task – until an educator noticed she was, in fact, the sole student pursuing the question, ‘Was the oil boom bad for our wildlife?’
Teachers’ unions often claim they are striking for better schools on behalf of students. A closer look at recent strikes suggests they are fighting for something else: membership.
Providing the experience of love, trust, emotional availability and connection in the classroom is particularly important for children who don’t have secure relationships at home.
Maxine McKew speaks with education expert John Hattie about the kind of debates we really should be having around education.
Our expert takes stock of UKIP’s policies on early childhood, primary, secondary, further, and higher education. It’s a mixed bag.
Ed Miliband’s pledge that Labour, if elected, would limit school classes for five, six and seven-year-olds to 30 pupils reignites a core question about how best to spend money to improve education. In…
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