“妈妈晚上2点才回来，早上6点就去上班了。我已经习惯自己一个人做饭了。”来自凉山昭觉县的8岁女孩背着弟弟习以为常地说到。
一直以来，贫苦是凉山彝族自治州给外界留下的最深印象之一。四川凉山彝族自治州是全国最大的彝族聚居区，直到脱贫攻坚战打响前夕，凉山仍是深度贫困地区之一。脱贫攻坚初期，四川最穷的10个县，凉山包含了8个；全州17个县市， 11个均为国家扶贫开发重点县。
Category Archives: 4. Quality Education
Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how
Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little. Widespread school closures are notContinue reading “Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how”
Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions
Lorelle Holland, The University of Queensland and Maree Toombs, The University of Queensland In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during 2021. Incarcerating childrenContinue reading “Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions”
Hope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things better
Caron Gentry, Northumbria University, Newcastle All too often, hope is equated to a desire for something fleeting: good results on an exam, the win of a favourite team, the wanted present. Quite whether something so insubstantial can actually be called “hope”, though, is a question that has taken on particular poignancy over the last twoContinue reading “Hope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things better”
I no longer grade my students’ work – and I wish I had stopped sooner
Elisabeth Gruner, University of Richmond I’ve been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped putting grades on written work, and it has transformed my teaching and my students’ learning. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. Starting in elementary school, teachers rate student work – sometimesContinue reading “I no longer grade my students’ work – and I wish I had stopped sooner”
Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual harassment
Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University and Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University When three graduate students sued Harvard University in early 2022 for sexual harassment by a tenured professor, they claimed the school hired the professor despite knowing that he allegedly harassed students at the last school where he worked. The students also claim Harvard ignoredContinue reading “Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual harassment”
Australia’s education system is one of the most unequal in the OECD. But we know how to help fix it
According to UNICEF, Australia ranks in the bottom third of OECD countries in providing equitable access to quality education. This means our education system – from access to early childhood education to expectations for study after school – does not allow every student to enjoy the same benefits that come from schooling.
Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being
Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut A global analysis has found that kids whose schools closed to stop the spread of various waves of the coronavirus lost educational progress and are at increased risk of dropping out of school. As a result, the study says, they will earn less money from work over their lifetimesContinue reading “Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being”
Narrowing Social Inclusion Gaps for Young People Is Key for Latin America
During the IXth Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Latin America, which was held in Argentina, authorities and experts discussed on youth-based social inclusion strategies and policies. The contributions from the three-day meeting gave rise to the Declaration of Buenos Aires.
Education and inequality in 2021: how to change the system
Students take their test outside due to their overcrowded class room in Kisumu, Kenya. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images April 29, 2021 4.00pm BST Conrad Hughes, Université de Genève Since its earliest traces, at least 5,000 years ago, formal education – meaning an education centred on literacy and numeracy – has always been highly selective. AncientContinue reading “Education and inequality in 2021: how to change the system”
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