Why Did Rwanda Abruptly Change the Language in Schools—Again? Timothy P. Williams Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 Children in Rwanda finally started heading back to school last fall, after months at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But many of them must now learn in an unfamiliar language. The government is implementing a controversial directive requiring primary schools to use English, rather than Kinyarwanda.
In France, Teachers Tasked With Fighting Radicalization Face an Impossible Job Karina Piser Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 After a terrorist attack last month, President Emmanuel Macron promised to double down on teaching “republican values” in French schools to fight radicalization. Teachers say they have been handed an impossible task: to educate students about values that are fundamental but increasingly politicized in France.
Higher Education Is in Trouble, and Not Just Because of the Coronavirus Karin Fischer Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 COVID-19 has exposed the dependence of American colleges and universities on international enrollments⎯just as the pandemic threatens to disrupt the pipeline of overseas students. But amid visa restrictions and rising U.S.-China tensions, experts warn that politics could prove to be just as virulent.
Trend Lines Podcast How COVID-19 Is Changing Education—Not Always for the Worse The Editors Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
What a High-Pressure College Entrance Exam Reveals About China Matthew Chitwood Friday, June 21, 2019
Q&A Bolsonaro’s ‘War on Education’ Is Provoking a Fierce Backlash in Brazil The Editors Thursday, June 6, 2019
Q&A After AMLO’s Education Overhaul, What’s Next for Mexico’s Troubled Public Schools? Elliot Waldman Monday, Jan. 14, 2019
Global Insider New Education Reforms Stumble Because of Old Problems in Ghana The Editors Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017
Global Insider A New Law To Limit Teaching Russian and Other Languages Will Further Divide Ukraine The Editors Monday, Sept. 18, 2017
China Note In Inner Mongolia, a Fight to Keep Language and Identity From Being ‘Wiped Out’ Benjamin Wilhelm Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
Q&A Nigeria’s ‘Islamic Schools’ Crisis Is Actually Masking a Public Health Crisis The Editors Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
Q&A Can Morocco’s Leaders Weather the Political Storm of Teachers’ Strikes? The Editors Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Q&A What’s Driving the Student Protests Paralyzing Albania’s Universities? The Editors Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
Global Insider Will Priests in Public Schools Lead to a Shift in Brazil’s Secular Education? The Editors Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017
Global Insider Why Education Is at the Heart of Tensions Over Dutch Multiculturalism The Editors Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017
Global Insider Bangladesh Tries to Bridge the Divide Between Secular and Islamic Schooling The Editors Friday, Sept. 15, 2017
Higher Education Is in Trouble, and Not Just Because of the Coronavirus Karin Fischer Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020
China Note In Inner Mongolia, a Fight to Keep Language and Identity From Being ‘Wiped Out’ Benjamin Wilhelm Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
Q&A Nigeria’s ‘Islamic Schools’ Crisis Is Actually Masking a Public Health Crisis The Editors Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
Q&A Can Morocco’s Leaders Weather the Political Storm of Teachers’ Strikes? The Editors Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Q&A What’s Driving the Student Protests Paralyzing Albania’s Universities? The Editors Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
Global Insider Will Priests in Public Schools Lead to a Shift in Brazil’s Secular Education? The Editors Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017
Global Insider Why Education Is at the Heart of Tensions Over Dutch Multiculturalism The Editors Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017
Trend Lines Podcast How COVID-19 Is Changing Education—Not Always for the Worse The Editors Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
What a High-Pressure College Entrance Exam Reveals About China Matthew Chitwood Friday, June 21, 2019
Q&A Bolsonaro’s ‘War on Education’ Is Provoking a Fierce Backlash in Brazil The Editors Thursday, June 6, 2019
Q&A After AMLO’s Education Overhaul, What’s Next for Mexico’s Troubled Public Schools? Elliot Waldman Monday, Jan. 14, 2019
Global Insider New Education Reforms Stumble Because of Old Problems in Ghana The Editors Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017
Global Insider A New Law To Limit Teaching Russian and Other Languages Will Further Divide Ukraine The Editors Monday, Sept. 18, 2017