Society / Education
Articles about Education, ordered by date. 
PISA-envy, Pearson and Starbucks-style schools
Good for corporations, but what about the pupils? Adam Unwin and John Yandell consider the impact of edu-businesses.
‘Acts of solidarity are what make us human’
Though facing overwhelming struggles of their own, teachers at the NUT conference in Brighton have been showing a true spirit of internationalism, writes Jo Lateu.
Letter from Bangui: The school of hard knocks
Education means learning your rights, not just how to write, says Ruby Diamonde.
The miseducation of Jonny Scaramanga
His escape from fundamentalist schooling.
Don't write in the profit margins
Children should be allowed to be children, not taught to 'turn over a profit', argues Steve Parry.
Chile's agitating students
Eilis O'Neill on the struggle for free, quality, universal education.
A toilet makes a difference
Girls in Somalia now have a better chance of completing their education. Katharina Wecker explains.
Argument: Are exams bad for children?
Teachers Stephanie Schneider and Matt Christison go head-to-head.
Québec’s Maple Spring
Richard Swift says Canada's wave of pots-and-pans protests signal the first major rupture with the austerity agenda.
Are religious schools bad for society?
Humanist Andrew Copson and feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
Post script: The Moya
Since completing this article, Asfaw Yemiru has finalised plans for putting his new educational ideas into practice. Alex Brodie describes the "Moya" which Asfaw and his pupils will soon begin building.
Crying in the wilderness
The author of this article, Asfaw Yemiru, is one of Africa's most extraordinary men. At the age of 10, he was an illiterate beggar-boy on the streets of Addis Ababa. Today, aged 28, he is headmaster of a free school for over 3,000 poor children. Not content with this achievement, Asfaw is now moving his school towards a new concept of education which could have significance not just for Ethiopia but for many other parts of both the developing and the developed world.
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