At the only school in Antarctica, students balance lessons, play, and survival skills while living alongside their families at Esperanza Base.
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From South Africa to Singapore to France, the question of when or where adults can physically discipline children continues to fuel debate.
New studies from Finland, Denmark and Norway suggest that mental health disorders might spread through social contact. But how strong is the effect — and should we call it an epidemic?
With RFK Jr. and half of U.S. states backing phone bans in classrooms, the science remains unsettled — and experts warn that sweeping restrictions may do more harm than good without a broader rethink of how kids use tech.
The author, a 49-year-old Kindergarten mom, shares her own experience — and looks at the emerging science about raising children later in adulthood.
Also: a look inside the slippery world of stand-up comedy in China and Ukraine’s clandestine online school network.
Updated October 21, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. On this day in 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died as a coal waste heap slid and engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales. What was the Aberfan Disaster? The Aberfan disaster occurred when a large colliery spoil tip (coal waste heap) collapsed and slid down a […]
More and more schools around the world are starting to implement four-day weeks, in a variety of ways. But will this be a short-lived experiment, or the beginning of a new approach to education that can reduce stress for students, help recruit teachers and rethink learning altogether?
September 9 – September 15, 2024
Students at the Saint-Charles school in Monaco are starting their school year in a classroom created by French designer Stéphanie Marin. Today, rethinking school furniture to reflect current teaching methods and respond to ecological challenges has become necessary — and designers are not short on ideas.
Updated September 4, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. Elizabeth Eckord walked to her first day of school at Little Rock High on this day in 1957. Who is Elizabeth Eckford? Elizabeth Eckford is one of the “Little Rock Nine,” a group of African American students who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Little Rock […]
For years, evidence has grown that school body-mass index screenings aren’t helpful and can even be harmful. Why do they persist?
The author was from one of the rare families in Damascus who were not direct victims of Syria’s long civil war. But she hardly emerged unscathed.
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Why Bullying In Spain Is So Rampant
Spain’s education ministry found that more than 9% of secondary school students have felt harassed or cyberbullied by their classmates at some point.
An emotional rollercoaster for parent and child alike.
For decades, countries like Germany have resisted implementing school uniforms. But dress codes in schools are not just for the elite. They can help reduce social stigma for students living in poverty, as well as helping fight the climate crisis.
China’s exam-oriented culture fails to foster imagination, which is necessary to create better employees and better people.
Educating children at home is rarely accepted in Mexico, but Global Press Journal reporter Aline Suárez del Real’s family has committed to daily experiential learning.
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A Child Is Not An Alibi
Our Naples-based Dottoré reflects on the small-time criminals who come to her for therapy, and the family excuse for their lives of crime.
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Airing Dirty Laundry On The Couch
A patient suggests that our Neapolitan psychiatrist stick to what she knows best.
Two different cases of hijab controversies in India show there is one thing that is consistent, which is to impose on people at the margins an idea of “uniformity.”
Our psychologist discusses schooling struggles and deep inequalities with her Neapolitan patients.
It’s back to school in the Russian region that has felt the war more than any other. Special measures are taking place, including sandbags and explosion-proof windows. But parents are more anxious than ever.
The Beslan school hostage crisis began on this day in 2004. What was the Beslan school hostage crisis? The Beslan school hostage crisis was a violent terrorist attack that occurred in September 2004, in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Armed militants took over School Number One, holding hostage more than one thousand people, […]
High school students will now need to know details of the Russian annexation of territories in eastern Ukraine and “reunification” of Crimea with Russia. Regular topics in the past, such as democracy and human rights, will no longer be part of the high school exam.
With technological advances happening every day, the future of universities lies in the conversations we have about human interaction, technology and ethics.
In Nepal, local schools are encouraged to offer instruction in the first languages of their students. But even in linguistically diverse regions, the only words they still hear and read are in Nepali.
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is taking school outdoors and making the whole city a learning place. Along the way, students’ motivation increases and their relationship with the city becomes more participatory.
Several Muslim women who wear hijabs share their stories to highlight the discrimination, from disapproving looks to outright insults, they face everyday in India in both their personal and professional lives.
The recent shooting of Takeoff, a rapper, is another sad incident of gun crime in the U.S. But those blaming hip hop culture for contributing to gun violence ignore that rappers themselves are also victims. And the real point is that in today’s America, nobody is safe from gun violence.
In the Ukrainian city of Izium, Russian troops left behind more than destruction, mass graves and testimony of torture. After their hasty withdrawal in early September, Ukrainians found traces of the regime’s propaganda indoctrinating school children.
For years, Singapore has topped education rankings and inspired other school systems. Among the keys to its success is a playful approach to education and highly paid teachers. But many worry about the pressure the system places on children.
The state-owned Ukrainian energy operator and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have cast doubt on the visit of IAEA international inspectors assessing the risks near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russia. Stay up-to-date with the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, with our exclusive international coverage. Sign up to our free daily newsletter. Energy provider […]
Severe weather and a lack of upkeep during pandemic shutdowns wreaked havoc on school facilities. Officials and parents are scrambling to rebuild.
Thousands of students and young people were detained during Hong Kong’s democracy protests in 2019. Now with criminal records, many are struggling to re-integrating into a changed society
For years, Vladimir Putin’s regime has been pushing its agenda into schools. With the start of the invasion of Ukraine, the pressure on the education system has intensified on a massive scale. Here’s a peek inside the means of control over students’ minds.
After fleeing the war, many Ukrainian teachers have found new jobs in Poland. But their work involves more than just teaching — they’re helping Ukrainian children adapt to a whole new life.
With 43 campuses in 27 countries, Le Wagon has become the world’s leading network for intensive coding education, revolutionizing how coding is taught.
No girls, no science, no foreign languages, only the Koran. This is how the Taliban want to erase the generation of students educated for 20 years by the “Western usurpers.” La Stampa’s Francesca Mannocchi visits one of the rigid, boys-only madrasas near Kabul.
Many Muslim female students lament that several of their Hindu friends have turned their backs on them, despite the fact they have been friends for several years.