All Africa – Staff Writer

“Parents have been advised not to underestimate the importance of quality education for their children during their formative years” (more)

China Daily – Staff Writer

“WASHINGTON – Math can be hard enough, but imagine the difficulty when a teacher is just one chapter ahead of the students. It happens, and it happens more often to poor and minority students. Those children are about twice as likely to have math teachers who don’t know their subject, according to a report by the Education Trust, a children’s advocacy group.” (more)

BBC – Staff Writer

“Many secondary schools in England are using Saturday classes and extended school days to boost pupils’ results.” (more)

BBC – Angela Harrison

“Record-breaking exam results are “illusory” in a system which is failing a generation, the Royal Society of Chemistry says.” (more)

Mercury News – Robert Freeman

“I remember my first back-to-school night like it was yesterday. The desks stood in perfect rows. Handouts were in order. I’d put on my best tie.It went well enough. At least no parents complained about their children having a student teacher. But when it was over, I felt uneasy. My master teacher asked why..” (more)

Outside the Box – Juliann Talkington 

This week the PCRS children are learning about what it means to be thankful. The preschool children made handprint turkey cards and the older children prepared handwritten thank you notes for their parents. In addition, the children who attend the after school program had a special treat. They made pine cone turkeys with bright colored construction paper feathers and feet.

Business Day (All Africa)  - Wilson Johwa

“ACCESS to education may have increased dramatically since 1994 but quality is still below what the country needs, according to the latest South African Institute of Race Relations SA Survey.” (more)

WSJ – Terry M. Moe

“Can Barack Obama bring change to American education? . . . Democrats favor educational “change” — as long as it doesn’t affect anyone’s job, reallocate resources, or otherwise threaten the occupational interests of the adults running the system. Most changes of real consequence are therefore off the table.” (more)

China Daily – Staff Writer

“BEIJING – More than 2,000 schools in central and western China will share 4.4 billion yuan (US$644 million) from central budget to improve infrastructures, a Ministry of Education spokesman said on Monday.” (more)

BBC  - Sean Coughlan

“Primary school pupils are better behaved within the classroom than in the 1970s, says a long-term study by educational psychologists.” (more)