School Reform & Improvements
Schools - school reform & improvement plans, comprehensive information on education reform in schools. As our societies become more technologically-oriented, the demands for a well-educated workforce increase. Improvements and reforms must be made in education. Children of the past may have needed to learn only reading', writing' and 'arithmetic to be able to earn a living for their entire lives. Today's children, and adults, cannot acquire the necessary skills to survive in a modern, technological world, without a more advanced education. At the same time, the quality of education given by many schools has fallen as increased population pressures overwhelm the existing system. To discover what is being done to remedy this ill, examine the links below.
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| Best Schools Are in Finland and the Far East Finnish teenagers today topped the most rigorous global poll of education standards. |
Fifty Years On, Segregation Still Blights Us Schools In May 1954, American schools were ordered to teach black and white students together. One pupil who was at the sharp end... |
| Chirac Calls for Schools Reform President Jacques Chirac yesterday launched a national debate on the future of France's troubled education system, saying... |
'Schools are failing on a breathtaking scale' Public voices All this week we print views from teaching's frontline. Today: how fresh ideas are stifled. |
| US city's schools put in private hands Around the Richard Wright elementary school, many of the houses have been demolished; hundreds more are boarded up. It is... | |