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Elements of AI - Free class for AI Fundimentals
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Kalamazoo school district decides not to have LGBTQ books in reading program
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ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has gifted books to high school students across Sweden to try to stem the flow of fake news
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For the eleventh year in a row, Iceland is the country ranking first in the World Economic Forum's Geneva Equality List
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Finland said it aims to teach 1% – or more than fifty million – of all Europeans basic skills in artificial intelligence through a free online course
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FTC settlement with for-profit University of Phoenix over deceptive advertising will require them to cancel $141M in student debt and pay $50M to former students
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America's parents want paid family leave and affordable child care. Why can't they get it?
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What's the education system like in your country?
Ok I'll start: Brazil: here the schools are split between the fundamental level, which is 1-9th grade, which is then subdivided onto fundamental I and II, which range from 1-5th (ages 6-11) and...
Ok I'll start:
Brazil: here the schools are split between the fundamental level, which is 1-9th grade, which is then subdivided onto fundamental I and II, which range from 1-5th (ages 6-11) and 6-9th grades (ages 11-15) respectively. Then we have 'medium' level ("Ensino Médio") which goes from 10th-12th grade, and then we have a national test called ENEM, where everyone takes a test to be able to enroll in the many colleges/universities which accept it, where you then reach 'superior' class and take technical courses and the like.
Class goes from 7-12:20 Am for fundamental II and 1-5:20 pm for fundamental I. This is because each day is divided into six periods of 50 minutes (+a 20 minute break, like in most places) for the sake of making subject distribution easier.
There are 8 subjects in fundamental class, Portuguese (grammar), math, geography, history, science, physical education, English (still mostly grammar) and arts. (Unsurprisingly it's more about culture & music than how to draw)
In 'medium' class, 3 more subjects are added, which are biology, physics and chemistry.Funding for education is reserved for the states to decide, although it usually goes from 15-25% of total tax revenue.
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In terms of reading test score points per hour of learning, Finnish students came out on top, followed by kids in Germany and Sweden
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Ukraine has become the 100th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration – a Norwegian initiative to make schools safer even during war
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I learned to play the piano without a piano
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ICE creates fake US university, lures international students, collects money, arrests them
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Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region's approach elsewhere
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One in five University of Otago, New Zealand medical students to be denied graduation after falsifying overseas placement records
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Korean education: A view from the trenches
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Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform
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In China, surge in students informing on professors
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Are liberal arts colleges doomed? The cautionary tale of Hampshire College and the broken business model of American higher education
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How to design events to inspire girls about STEM careers
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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What teaching ethics in Appalachia taught me about bridging America’s partisan divide
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An unseen victim of the college admissions scandal: The high school tennis champion aced out by a billionaire family
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"You can't say that! Stories have to be about white people"
12 votes -
A woman has been killed and ten other people wounded in a sword attack at a vocational school in the Finnish city of Kuopio
8 votes -
The hedge fund billionaire’s guide to buying your kids a better shot at not just one elite college, but lots of them
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8 votes -
The schools where meat is off the menu for climate reasons
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From rebellious subculture to school curriculum – Tampere school will offer twenty students spots in its skateboarding programme
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Is the era of the $100+ graphing calculator coming to an end?
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How to keep teachers from leaving the profession
9 votes -
The disappearing schools of Puerto Rico: The island's vicious cycle of poor governance, neglect by Washington, and environmental catastrophe
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Teacher sues Christian School over marriage equality beliefs
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University of Alabama uses location-tracking phone app to know who leaves football games early
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What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all
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It’s time for Black athletes to leave White colleges
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Jerry Falwell’s aides break their silence - Current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world
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Congress promised student borrowers a break. Education dept. rejected 99% of them
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How the MIT Media Lab concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
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Girls’ comparative advantage in reading can largely explain the gender gap in math-related fields
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School uniforms are on the rise — even for toddlers — and it’s changing back-to-school shopping
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The process of arming teachers in one Ohio school district: ‘You understand that you might have to shoot a student?’
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Hong Kong protests: Defiant university students, school pupils and residents go on strike, piling pressure on government to meet demands
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Harry Potter books removed from St. Edward Catholic School due to 'curses and spells'
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Flawed algorithms are grading millions of students’ essays
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The play deficit
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My life with face blindness
21 votes