Global Ed News

  • ‘They’re not one-offs’: Injury to N.S. teacher shared to reflect school violence
    The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union shared a photo on social media of the bruised wrist of an elementary school teacher who was apparently bitten by a student. ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    2 hours ago
  • High school boundary changes, expanded French immersion coming in 2025: TVDSB
    TVDSB trustees have approved boundary changes and expanding French immersion as part of recommendations from a secondary school attendance area review. ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    3 hours ago
  • Ontario schools are suing firms behind TikTok, Meta, Snapchat. Here’s why
    Four of Ontario's biggest school boards have said social media platforms are disrupting education and causing social withdrawal and anxiety among students. ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    3 hours ago
  • Sask. government MOU has STF ‘cautiously optimistic’ about potential bargaining agreement
    Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte said she is cautiously optimistic after the government of Saskatchewan offered an MOU. ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    4 hours ago
  • Trudeau promises $1B loans to expand child care centres
    Justin Trudeau says the government plans to provide more than $1 billion in low-cost loans, grants and student loan forgiveness to expand child care across Canada.  ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    5 hours ago
  • Curmudgucation: Voucher Bankruptcy's Feature Future
    Curmudgucation: Voucher Bankruptcy's Feature Future It is no longer news that school voucher programs lead to increasing costs, costs that swiftly balloon to suck up extraordinary piles of taxpayer dollars in state after state, threatening to bust the budget.  Public education advocates have been pointing this out in state after state, arguing that vouchers are way more costly than any of the advocates promise. It's a legitimate point, a solid reason for states to think twice before jumping on the voucher money wagon.  Unfortunately, I can easily imagine a future in which this same argument (and perhaps the critique that voucher programs yield unspectacular results) comes back from an entirely different source. Right now we're at this early voucher policy stage: http://prepaid365awards.co.uk/2014/09/1021/top-money-saving-tips-brits Let's give vouchers to everyone and make choice freely available far and wide! But further down the road, once the voucher system is firmly entrenched and the traditional public school system has been largely gutted, we may find ourselves turning a corner, and suddenly a bunch of folks will be disturbed and alarmed by the high cost of a voucher program.  http://littlemagonline.com/tag/sephora-collection-illuminating-bronzing-oil/ Boy, we are spending so much on school vouchers in this state (and not even getting great results). Surely we can cut ... read more
    Source: NEPC Best of the Ed BlogsPublished on 2024-03-28
    6 hours ago
  • Transforming Organizational Systems for Educational Equity: Lead the Change Interviews with Heather McCambly, Krystal Villanosa, Aireale J. Rogers, Brittney Pemberton, Jackie Pedota, Joy Esboldt, and Román Liera
    This week, IEN features the work of scholars who are exploring organizational practices aimed at dismantling systemic inequity and promoting anti-racism within education. This post is the second in a series featuring excerpts of interviews with presenters participating in the Educational … Continue reading ... read more
    Source: International Education NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    7 hours ago
  • UK-Malaysia relations in focus: TNE, TVET & Trade
    The UK and Malaysia are “well-placed” to tackle respective challenges together and areas such as TNE, TVET, as well as alumni relations as key areas of collaboration, the UK high commissioner to Malaysia has told The PIE in an exclusive interview. Ailsa Terry, appointed to the role in in August 2023, sat down to explain priority areas for collaboration between the UK and Malaysia, as well as the wider ASEAN region, and where future opportunities lie.  When The PIE meets Terry, she is fresh off the stage from giving a speech to colleagues gathered at a UK-Malaysia higher education roundtable as part of British Council’s East Asia Education Week held in Kuala Lumpur.  Seven months into the role, she has spent much of that time visiting stakeholders and partners in almost every state in Malaysia. Despite English being widely spoken in Malaysia, it seems important to Terry to converse with colleagues in the local language, and she spent nine months before the role getting acquainted with Bahasa Malaysia and undertaking various language exams.  Terry speaks fondly of her initial few months in the position – from being pleasantly surprised by the taste of Durian ... read more
    Source: PIE NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    8 hours ago
  • Ontario’s private providers grapple with international study permits allocation
    “We will not take this lying down” – that was the message from Ontario’s private language schools regarding the province’s study permit allocation announcement. Ontario has said it will give 96% of its allocated study permit applications to public colleges and universities while language schools, private universities and unspecified “other institutions” will receive the remaining 4% share, it was announced on March 27 by Ontario minister of colleges and universities, Jill Dunlop. The PIE understands that private language schools have received 3,591 provincial attestation letters, only 2% of the province’s 235,000 total PAL allocation. Languages Canada previously advised Dunlop’s office that Ontario’s accredited private language schools required an allocation of 15,000 PALs to sustain 2023 student numbers. The allocation given represents “only a fraction of what is fair and reasonable” for Ontario’s private language schools, the organisation told its members. Institutions are expected to receive individual allocations before the end of March 28 but Languages Canada warned that based on the “meager” overall allocation, institutional PAL allocations are not expected to be close to sufficient in meeting enrolment needs. Languages Canada is working to find solutions for its members, meeting with IRCC to update on the “appalling situation” it said is playing out not ... read more
    Source: PIE NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    8 hours ago
  • U.C. Berkeley Parents Hired Private Security to Patrol Near Campus
    The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force. ... read more
    Source: NY TimesPublished on 2024-03-28
    11 hours ago
  • Study abroad puts sustainability & AI centre stage
    The Forum on Education Abroad celebrated a 20-year milestone of annual conferences this month, with a focus on the impact of new technology and the climate crisis on study abroad. In a welcome to conference attendees, Forum president & CEO, Melissa Torres reflected that the 2024 conference allows “the opportunity to commemorate and recognise the robust learning and strong connections that have been made over the past two decades”. “It’s also a chance to collaborate to set the direction for the next 20 years of the field of international education,” she said. To honour its commitment to access and sustainability, the Forum presented a hybrid conference, with sessions offered both in-person and online. With over 90 sessions combined, the event hosted more than any past Forum meeting. During both the virtual and in-person components of the event, best practices in AI took centre stage. Assistant director of study abroad at Salve Regina University, Joe Meringolo, polled attendees to find that 60% of the 90 attendees shared that they had beginner level or no experience with ChatGPT. While artificial intelligence and many of its popular platforms such as ChatGPT continue to quickly evolve, Meringolo believes it is important that conversations evolve alongside the technology. ... read more
    Source: PIE NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    11 hours ago
  • IRCC accelerates post-grad work changes
    In Canada, IRCC has put an end to the plans of public-private partnerships with summer intakes who have set out to enrol as many students as possible before the PGWP eligibility is taken away. On January 22, IRCC confirmed that international graduates of college programs delivered through a public-private curriculum licensing arrangement would no longer be eligible for a post-graduation work permit. The change was due to take effect on September 1, but IRCC announced this month the date will be brought forward to May 15, meaning that international students who begin this type of program beyond that date will not be eligible for a post-graduation work permit upon graduation. “Changes made to the coming-into-force date are intended to discourage colleges from modifying fall semester start dates and to have a more immediate impact,” a spokesperson for IRCC told The PIE. It is thought that some institutions impacted by the change moved their fall admission to June or August to avoid the changes. Ontario is the province most negatively impacted by the changes to post-study work opportunities as in early 2023, there were at least 14 colleges in the province that had partnered with private companies. Since the announcement, IRCC has highlighted in its ... read more
    Source: PIE NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    12 hours ago
  • UK Grad Route review: who is prof Brian Bell?
    A date looms ominously on the horizon. May 14 2024 is the day the Migration Advisory Committee will return its verdict on the UK’s graduate visa and one man has been thrust into the spotlight, chair of the committee, Brian Bell. The ‘rapid review’ of the post study visa route was instructed by the current home secretary just a few weeks ago, with the results timed to coincide with the release of the latest net migration figures. The move strongly hints at impending restrictions or the abolition of post-study work rights for students. Such changes could have dire financial consequences for the sector as the ability to work in the UK after graduation has been central to the growth of international student numbers at universities in recent years. That additional income has in turn, masked a lack of government funding for the cost of teaching domestic students. Concerns that the Conservative government plan to include the removal of the graduate visa in their election manifesto are growing. The resignation of the skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister Robert Halfon, the ninth minister in the role in the last 10 years, highlights the discontent in government over the future of higher ... read more
    Source: PIE NewsPublished on 2024-03-28
    12 hours ago
  • Advocates worry about day-care worker fund as D.C. budget tensions loom
    Some D.C. parents and child-care advocates worry a fund that pays stipends to teachers, caregivers and other adults who work with babies and toddlers may face cuts. ... read more
    Source: Washington PostPublished on 2024-03-28
    13 hours ago
  • What College Applicants Really Think About Republicans’ Campus Panic
    The national debate about so-called woke campuses does not reflect what most college students care about. ... read more
    Source: NY TimesPublished on 2024-03-28
    14 hours ago