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Vietnam gets to grips with its business schools
Source: Financial Times
By William BarnesNguyen Thuy Tinh Ca says that when you have spent three years at a Vietnamese university you will know what boredom is. “It was a struggle not to fall asleep in class,” says the young woman who is now fizzing with entrepreneurial energy.“Traditional…
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Shared Education Improves Learning in Northern Ireland
[atlpvideo src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gQZq8zehbk" height="360" width="640"]Sharing education involves two or more schools from different community backgrounds working together to share expertise, classes, facilities and teachers.[/atlpvideo] Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society and the education system reflects the level of separation between Protestant and Catholic communities. More…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award
Source: Elev8
Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award Elev8 Picked as a Model School-Community Partnership As Part of Together for Tomorrow School Improvement Program WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recognized two sites…
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Two Civil Partnership Ceremonies Conducted on Average Each Day
Source: Irish Times
By Pamela DuncanAn average of two civil partnership ceremonies have taken place per day since their introduction last year, with a total of 862 ceremonies registered between April 2011 and September 2012.In that time period, 1,724 lesbian and gay people from 61 countries entered into…
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Dublin’s Joint Policing Committee Opens Its Door to Migrants
Source: TheJournal.ie
Zephyrin Ngaliema Mukoko, the first migrant to be given a reserved place on the joint policing committee. (Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)A representative of the migrant community in Ireland, Zéphyrin Ngaliema Mukoko, today joined Dublin’s Joint Policing Committee, a move that is part of a plan…
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Groups Ask Districts to Stop Using Out-of-School Suspensions
Source: Education Week
By Nirvi ShahSeveral national groups are asking school districts to stop suspending students out of school and replace this form of discipline with what they consider to be "more constructive" approaches that benefit students, teachers, and communities.The New York-based Dignity in Schools Campaign launched its…
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Petition Shows Public Support for the Regularisation of Undocumented in Ireland
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and supporters today presented the Minister for Justice’s Special Advisor with over 4000 signatures in support of the regularisation of undocumented migrants in Ireland. “These signatures show support from the Irish Public to find a solution for an estimated…
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Suspensions more common for minority, disabled students
Source: California Watch
By Joanna LinRacial minorities and students with disabilities are suspended at substantially higher rates than their white and non-disabled peers, according to an analysis of discipline data from nearly 500 California school districts. Researchers said the disparities are a civil rights issue and cause for…
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School discipline: Ringing a bell for reform
Source: New York Amsterdam News
By Judith KayeThere are many lessons I took with me from my treasured 15 years as chief judge of the state of New York, principally that there is an “after-life”—meaning, after mandatory retirement from the court at age 70. Always there is opportunity to try…
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Revolutionising Research and Higher Education
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
In a recent Irish Times article, Conor O'Clery tells the story of how, in the late 1990s, Atlantic struck a deal with the Irish Government to jointly invest in post-graduate research. Back then, Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney envisioned a quantum leap to help create a knowledge economy…
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