Across the pond, academies could soon become the norm. England’s education secretary Michael Gove recently offered all schools to apply for academy status in hopes to grant them more independence – and more pay. “To my mind, you can’t put a price on what teachers have done,” said Gove.
What if this were the case over here, in the United States? read more »
Keeping the integrity of the academic industry is tough business. Sure, enrollments are up 70% since the fall of 2009, but what does it mean when they aren’t sticking around to finish? As David Leonhardt points out in his recent article Students of the Great Recession, the goal of getting high enrollment numbers has become just as important as high graduation rates these days. Drop out rates have increased invariably. Is the economy to blame? Leonhardt seems to think so. “When times are tough, you are less likely to be missing out on a good $20-an-hour job by being in class,” he says.
A peculiar practice is taking place at the American University in Cairo, Egypt —Students are learning to unlearn.
Unlearn things that they have been taught their entire lives and learn a little something about themselves as people. Students are encouraged to figure out exactly who they are in life, where they are from and where they are going.