Friday, September 5, 2014

Which City Has Best Education Systems in the World

Every country has its own priorities to invest in the education system. There is tough competition within the countries and even cities to progress in the learning. There are hundreds of colleges and institutes around the world, but some of them are best in terms of fees, cost of livings, number of colleges & institutes in the city, on the basis of graduation rates, educational resources and test scores. The...

Transferring to a New University

One of the great strengths of American higher education is the ease with which students can transfer from one college or university to another. For example, it is not unusual for a student from California to transfer to a Michigan school, or for someone attending a small private college to transfer to a large, comprehensive public university. Students who attend a community college to complete lower division general education requirements...

Monday, August 18, 2014

Republican & Democratic Beliefs on Education in the United States: Similarities & Differences

z 11:17         Democrats and Republicans agree that the future success of the United States lies in an effective education system. However, while they agree on the overall goal, the two parties disagree about the best policies to accomplish it. In this lesson, we'll look at some of the education policy perspectives of each party. Dueling Ideologies Ralph, a Republican candidate for the U.S....

us education system

  The United States does not have a national school system. Nor, with the exception of the military  academies, are these schools run by the federal government. American education is a complex topic because a single school can draw upon resources from several different public and private institutions. For example, a student may attend a private high school whose curriculum must meet standards set by the state, some of whose science...

The Pull and Example of Science Education in the United States

S.-Latin American study abroad programs deliver results in Chile, Colombia and Brazil. I expected high school biology students. Instead, I was facing 120 middle school students who were on an outing to Maloka, an innovative science museum in Bogotá. On the fly, I changed my presentation on how the brain works into a series of demonstrations. At the end, I was awed by the questions: “My mother has epilepsy; why is it that she doesn’t recognize...