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Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society and the level of separation between Protestant and Catholic communities is reflected in its education system. Less than 6% of the school-aged population is educated together. The system of education in Northern Ireland is undergoing significant administrative and…

Students from high schools and middle schools across the country will travel to Washington this weekend to join administration officials and education policy leaders for the U.S. Department of Education's “Voices in Action: National Youth Summit,”taking place at Howard University on Saturday, Feb. 26. The…

Original Source In his first annual letter, Bill Gates talks about his work at the foundation and speaks candidly about what has gone well, what hasn’t, and what we are learning along with our partners. 2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates: U.S. Education   I…

Launched in 2009, The Fermanagh Trust’s Shared Education Programme works to: develop linkages among schools in different sectors, build bridges between Catholic and Protestant communities creating the potential for future joint working, sharing and collaborating in education, create more cohesive and sustainable communities, and provide…

BBC Radio Ulster interview (6 September 2011)Lauri McCusker of Fermanagh Trust about Sharing Education Does Northern Ireland need a radical rethink of the way it educates children? Should the system be reformed so children of all religions are taught in school together? In this BBC…

Original source Teach for America and Grantmakers for Education are Atlantic grantees. By Erik W. Robelen Federal education officials will face a variety of obstacles in running a $650 million innovation fund, from an expected flood of applications and concern about favoritism in picking winners,…

Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…

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…

An economic consultancy has said shared education could help Northern Ireland schools survive the harsh funding cuts which are expected. Oxford Economics said excess capacity in schools is partly due to having different schools for both Protestants and Catholics in the same communities. It argues…

From South Africa's state-of-the art virtual learning facility for nurses in Bloemfontein, to innovative teaching practices at the Western Cape to cope with doubled intake numbers, higher nursing education in South Africa is set to be dramatically transformed as the new University-based Nursing Education SA…