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16 votes
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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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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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Teacher effects on student achievement and height: A cautionary tale
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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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ICE creates fake US university, lures international students, collects money, arrests them
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Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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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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I’ve opted out of homework for my young children. Here’s why, and how you can, too.
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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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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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My life with face blindness
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A group of Chinese international students say they take little notice of politics or historical events, with one admitting to not having heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
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For those getting ready to go back to school: how do you feel about it?
The question is open to anyone attending any level of school in any capacity. How are you feeling? What are you excited about? What are you nervous about? What are your goals? What are you hoping...
The question is open to anyone attending any level of school in any capacity.
How are you feeling?
What are you excited about?
What are you nervous about?
What are your goals?
What are you hoping to get out of your education?14 votes -
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable
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Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy
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Alaska defunds scholarships for thousands of university students ahead of fall semester
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The UA Regents were wrong to think help was on the way—and this weekend proved it
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Alaska fears 'brain drain' after forty-one percent proposed cut to university system
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China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families
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Mobile phones to be banned in Victoria state schools from 'first to last bell
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Former Stanford sailing coach gets one day in prison, six months house arrest, two years probation, and a $10,000 fine in college cheating scandal
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Combined BA + MA degrees
Have any of you done these degrees? I'm switching disciplines for my MA, and I want to collect information on this alternative method should I fail that this summer. I'd have a more complete grasp...
Have any of you done these degrees? I'm switching disciplines for my MA, and I want to collect information on this alternative method should I fail that this summer. I'd have a more complete grasp of the field and proceed to a PhD equipped with better knowledge. The price to pay being some time, but I'll probably already have to do my MA---if I manage---in three years b/c the school might want me to take an extra preparatory year going through some undergrad classes.
So, any experiences, any comments, any links highly appreciated!
P.S.: EU information appreciated, that's been significantly harder to get at.
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Desperation and broken trust when schools restrain students or lock them in rooms
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Political confessional: I think private schools should be banned
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The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
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What it felt like: If “living history” role-plays in the classroom can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning them?
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Answer Sheet California is overhauling sex education guidance for schools — and religious conservatives don’t like it
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California teachers pay for their own substitutes during extended sick leave
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How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send thirty students to an Ivy League institution?
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This is what it sounds like hiding in a dark classroom during a school shooting
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Inside the fight for developmentally disabled people's right to sex
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Long school commutes are terrible for kids
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I’m a North Carolina public school teacher. Here’s why I’m walking out today.
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A search for answers, a search for blame - In grieving Parkland, a fight over school discipline and the PROMISE program is ripping the community apart
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'We want a kid you don't have any idea what to do with': Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy helps very vulnerable students succeed in high school—and beyond
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Indonesian kids keep getting 'possessed by spirits' during high school exams
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The post-Columbine question remains the same: Can school shootings be prevented?
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New York teacher, fired for a years-old topless selfie, claims sex discrimination in $3M lawsuit
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The Baraboo Nazi prom photo shocked the world. The city’s response shocked its residents.
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Racist violence threat keeps Charlottesville schools closed
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How did/do you fund your graduate education?
If you're doing a master's or a PhD, how do you pay for it? Or if you will be doing in near future, how do you plan to pay for it?
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Elite colleges constantly tell low-income students that they do not belong
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US fake university racket: Students had no way to check Farmington's authenticity
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Oakland, Los Angeles and more to come: Why teachers keep going on strike
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This school district in Texas may create its own police force
6 votes