Dutch company to invest in Iranian tech company
Amsterdam-based company International Internet Investment Coöperatief (IIIC) plans to invest 38 million euros in Iranian technology company Hezar Dastan Holdings, owner of Café Bazaar (main local market for Android applications) and Divar (service of online classifieds). “Thanks to this investment, the Dutch company will acquire a 10% stake in the holding,” said co-founder and chairman […]
Only Turkish school in Iran: A unique education in a modest space
Turkish teenage singer Aleyna Tilki’s recent hit single plays in place of the break bell as it marks the end of another class for around 50 Turkish students at Turkish Embassy Primary School in Tahran. Children rush out of the building during the 10-minute break just to run in a very limited space as the […]
Third sign that the American education system is deteriorating
According to the Progress in International Reading Skills Literacy Study, reading comprehension skills decline among fourth graders. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report Is the American education system beginning to deteriorate? I don’t like to be alarmist or give too much weight to a test result, but the release of the 2016 reading test results around […]
Kansas is rebuilding its entire education system
In August of this year, Kansas officially launched an exciting education reform with the goal of completely overhauling the state’s education system. It is called Kansas Can School Redesign Project and officials liken it to NASA’s moon missions of the 1960s. They even named the pilot school districts that will launch the new school designs […]
Jean Clare Oge Igwegbe: Fixing Nigeria’s Broken Education System
I had the privilege of attending a seminar on education where we discussed how the nation can advance its education sector to bring out the geniuses in our children. Alero Ayida-Otobo gave a pretty amazing speech with a strong theme that touched a nerve or two in me; Rooted in Reality: Rooted in Hope. It […]
Undocumented Afghan refugees have a chance to go to school in Iran
Deadly attacks and fighting have scattered Afghans across the world. And with more than half of all registered refugees coming from just three countries, Afghanistan ranks second, with 2.5 million people. Nearly one million of these refugees are hosted in Iran, where it is estimated that up to 2 million additional Afghans live undocumented, without […]
Afghan undocumented refugees get the chance to go to school in Iran
Deadly attacks and fighting have dispersed Afghans across the world. And with more than half of all registered refugees coming from just three countries, Afghanistan ranks second, with 2.5 million people. Almost a million of these refugees are hosted in Iran, where it is estimated that up to 2 million more Afghans live without papers, […]
Report: South Carolina has the worst education system in the country
As students return to schools across the state on Tuesday, a nagging question vexes many South Carolina residents: Does South Carolina have the worst education system in the country? Yes, said one US News and World Report to study. Absolutely not, say many educators. Others suggest that South Carolina has pockets of excellence in education, […]
Olmi will bring Beethoven to Iran – Lifestyle
(ANSA) – Tehran, January 18 – Italian Paolo Olmi will conduct the first concert by a symphony orchestra from a Western country in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution in the country. The concert, Thursday at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran, was announced by posters in the streets featuring Olmi and his Iranian counterpart, Shardad […]
What it means to be black in the American education system
A lot of people still think that racism is no longer a problem in America. After President Obama was elected, scholar John McWhorter argued that racism in America is, for all intents and purposes, dead. Prominent African-American conservative scholar and economist Thomas Sowell argued that “racism is not dead, it is on life support.” Harvard […]
America needs political will to fix unfair education system, Stanford experts say
In a recent on-campus discussion of the “crisis” of inequality in education, a panel of experts with perspectives from the ground up unabashedly called out a critical missing piece to the solution: the political will. Investing in education has produced proven returns, but the obvious solution remains elusive, according to panelists at the April 27 […]
What happened to our 6-4-2 education system?
Nicholas B. Blitva My sisters and I were educated in the public school system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania from the late 1920s through the mid-1950s. We were part of a very multi-ethnic and culturally diverse community. If I remember correctly, at that time the school system consisted of six years of elementary school, four years of […]
Speech: the hypocrisy of the education system
The school I attended was a traditional primary school. My Monday-Friday schedule consisted of the following: four majors taught in one classroom, three of my best friends, two peanut butter sandwiches, one for me, one for the bully, and a grumpy teacher, who either always had a hangover, or went through a nasty divorce. You […]
Mental Health vs. Modern Education: How Today’s Education System Harms Students | new university
By Ashley Duong According to the National Center for Health Statistics, up to 70% of adolescents with mental illnesses go untreated. The constant pressure to fight to succeed has a rather disastrous consequence on the mental health of students, yet little is being done to combat it. A study done at Fremont High School in […]
German company intends to sell Iranian technology despite sanctions
June 29, 2015 10:40 (UTC+04:00) 1,544 The German petrochemical company is taking steps to funnel technology to Iran as sanctions against the Islamic Republic remain in place. Experts from Basell Polyolefine GmbH even traveled to Iran and visited petrochemical projects in Asaluyeh, southern Iran, IRNA reported. The parties have held several talks with Iranian petrochemical […]
The challenges of a leading education system: the Netherlands (opinion)
by guest blogger Katie Fitzgerald The Netherlands ranks in the top 10 of the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) rankings, but its education system still faces challenges. This interview with Martin van Os, Education Advisor in the Netherlands, explores the pressing issue of CTE or VET (Career Technical Education or Vocational Education and training). […]
China has a major problem with its education system
Schoolchildren in Chengdu, China. Getty / Guang Niu China has a reputation for having a rigorous education system, ranking first out of 65 countries in the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. Around the world, 15-year-olds take PISA every three years, and it has become the gold standard of ranking nations in terms […]
Iranian Tech News Website Staff Jailed Over Alleged BBC Links | Iran
Several employees of an Iranian technology news site, including bloggers, have been sentenced to long prison terms for alleged links with the BBC. In an apparent blow to President Hassan Rouhani’s administration trying to improve relations with the West, including Britain, Iran’s justice system has handed down various sentences of up to 11 years against […]
Iranian Tech News Site Staff Jailed for Suspected BBC Links | Iran
Several employees of an Iranian tech news site, including bloggers, have been sentenced to long prison terms for alleged links to the BBC. In a blow to President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, which is trying to improve relations with the West, including Britain, Iranian justice has imposed various sentences of up to 11 years on Narenji […]
This is the real problem with the American education system
gglobalization, automation and offshoring of jobs, economy shaken by recession: the American economic landscape is changing. By necessity, the millennial workforce is evolving with it to become more entrepreneurial. An example of this is that according to the 2014 Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Study conducted by my company YEC and Buzz Marketing Group, 25% of young […]
The Cuban education system and the challenge posed by race
By Esteban Morales* Paint the entrance. Photo: Juan Suarez HAVANA TIMES — Before the start of the 2013-2014 school year in Cuba, ministers and officials from the country’s ministries of education met to assess the situation of educational institutions in the country. If you asked me, I would say that the two greatest achievements of […]
Many Americans say the education system needs an overhaul
As 77 million children prepare to return to school in the coming weeks, the public says major changes are needed in the way this country’s education system works. Overall, 66% say either the education system in this country needs to be completely rebuilt (21%) or that it needs major changes (45%); only 31% think the […]
The smallest school in the world in Iran
Source: Press TV The road leading to the small Iranian village of Kalou is marked out in honor of its primary school, now recognized by UNESCO as the smallest in the world. Kalou is a small village located 180 kilometers from Bushehr in the south of Iran; its population consists of 34 people – seven […]
Nine essential components of a successful education system – Baltimore Sun
“One of the really, really important things associated with this program that a lot of people don’t understand…is that if you take away one of…those nine, a lot of people would think you have eight “There are ninths left. I’d say you have zero ninths left.” “It’s not a menu-driven challenge. It’s not about stringing […]