Education in the West has increasingly become focused on memorization, standardized testing and perfect grades, with students primarily being judged on their ability to recite facts and ideas from textbooks, rather than thinking on their own and creating individual paths. This status quo has been preserved for as long as I can remember, but unfortunately […]
Back to School Gear That’ll Make the Grade
With summer vacation season nearing its bittersweet end and with all things academics about to kick in to high gear, now is the time to ensure your student is equipped with the right gadgets, gear and garments to facilitate a successful school year. Here’s a list of school-worthy products for elementary through college-age kids sure […]
AssessmentTA from ExamSoft Helps Faculty Members Give Students More than Just a Grade
ExamSoft, the leading provider of intelligent embedded assessment solutions, today announced, AssessmentTA, a combination of easy-to-use software and dedicated services that will help faculty focus on teaching, provide direct-evidence of student learning, and spend less time grading. AssessmentTA streamlines the creation and delivery of exams and enables faculty to track and measure performance across learning […]
Saigon Horn: A TCM doctor’s perspective of sung te giac
Early this year on a visit to Vietnam I interviewed a university trained Traditional Medicine Doctor at a respected clinic in HCMC. Though he shares the same medical views on rhino horn as the generations of doctors in Vietnam and China that have practiced before him, he says rhino poaching is stupid and should stop. […]
Armenia Criticized for Religious Teaching
Schools promote main Christian church to the detriment of other religions, critics say. By Gayane Mkrtchyan Mahine Sahakyan’s 14-year-old son Arman has learned to keep quiet during some lessons at his school in Armenia. Like his parents, he is part of the evangelical Word of Life church. That should not be a problem, since Armenian […]
Governance in Gujarat Under Modi – A Critique
Narendra Modi’s has been trying to portray himself as a development specialist since quite a long time. His ‘Sadbhavna Mission’ was the first open intimation of his larger national dreams. Modi’s supporters have lambasted at whom they call ‘pseudo-secularists’ for ignoring the model governance provided by Modi in the state of Gujarat. They’ve alleged that […]
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