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High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events - New York Times
When the students finished with the past, Mr. Walz gave a final exam of sorts. He listed about a dozen current nations — Yugoslavia, Congo, some former Soviet republics among them — and asked the class as a whole to decide which was at the greatest risk of sliding into genocide. Their answer was: Rwanda.
 education genocide rwanda 04/24/2008 15:26
allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Private Sector Urged to Invest in Higher Education (Page 1 of 1)
Between 1964 and 1994, less than 2,000 students graduated from the national university of Rwanda, but today, the government of Rwanda has made much progress and invested heavily in developing higher education.
 education rwanda 04/19/2008 19:25
Teaching, Playing, and Programming: Creativity
I'm not anti-arts. I'm not saying that art classes are bad. I am saying that giving students one art class in which to be creative, while systematically sucking the creativity out of them in every other class, is not going to solve the problem.
 creativity education 04/15/2008 13:40
Expand Catholic schools in Jeff exceed pre-Katrina enrollment 10/13/2005 02:18
Before Katrina struck Aug. 29, Jefferson Parish Catholic schools served 18,255 students. Now, in their second week open since Katrina, 19,239 students are attending, said the Rev. William Maestri, schools superintendent for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
BBC - BBC Four Time Shift - Child Prodigies
And it comes as no surprise that it's in America, where education standards generally are lower than in most developed countries, that giftedness is given its greatest credence.
 09/30/2005 15:44
Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts: The college admissions process: Parents, we are the problem
His advice to parents on how to prepare a child for college is this: Turn off the television. Let them ride the bike to the park and play Kick the Can. Read to them. Eat dinner together. It's a dreamy replay of Thacker's youth, when he built skateboards out of 2-by-4s.
 09/30/2005 02:19
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