Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Value of a Private School Education : How Far Will Parents go to Keep Kids in School?

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Lisa Marcovici is committed to sending her son Alex Juneau to private school in Montreal.

2009 Hewlett Packard Innovations in Education Grant Totaling More than $9M

Higher-Education Bubble Could Burst Next

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SOMBER WORDS: Howard Horton, president of the New England College of Business and Finance, co authored an op-ed that predicts a financial reckoning for many colleges that have relied too heavily on raising tuitions.

Education and Manpower : Jamaica

After US, Australia Biggest Education Hub for Students from India

Mi'kmaq Education Advocate Dies in N.S.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Why Living in Hope is Crucial as SA Begins a New Political Era


The great Brazilian intellectual Paolo Freire explained why he wrote a book called Pedagogy of Hope thus: “We are surrounded by a pragmatic discourse that would have us adapt to the facts of reality. Dream and utopia are called not only useless, but positively impeding…. It may seem strange then that I should write a book called Pedagogy of Hope: Pedagogy of the Oppressed Revisited.”

Business Schools' New Clientele : Changing track

Wednesday, May 27, 2009