Social Reform

Brian L. Murphy's first degree was in Business Management which led to an eighteen year career, performing as an individual contributor, then a supervisor, then as a manager. Now, having been a teacher for twenty years, and experiencing the educational process from the inside, including being a Mentor Teacher for a dozen Student Teachers, he says: "I have loved being a teacher. But my industry is in trouble even dying, and something needs to be done to repair the damage before it's too late.

福岡県にある私立福岡女子商業高校が大きな話題になっている。２年前に赴任した国語科教員によって前年度は０人だった国公立大学合格者が一気に20人になった。

What explains the growing class divide between the well-educated and everybody else? Noted author Brink Lindsey, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, argues that it's because economic expansion is creating an increasingly complex world in which only a minority with the right knowledge and skills - the right "human capital" - reap the majority of the economic rewards. The complexity of today's economy is not only making these lucky elites richer - it is also making them smarter.

In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written and read in clear language, State of the World 2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's economies.

If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do not ask the teachers. Do not ask the principals. And do not ask the bureaucrats in the Education Office. Ask the substitutes. They are where the ‘rubber meets the road.’ 2:45 FEVER is an in-the-weeds, nuts-and-bolts look at America’s schools from the point of view of the substitutes. Listen to the book and learn how bad our schools are – and how to fix them.

"Kindheit 6.7", jahrelang investigativ recherchiert, ist eine Geschichte der Kindheit und zugleich Zivilisationskritik. Ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer und Manifest für ein wieder menschenwürdiges und "artgerechtes" Aufwachsen von Kindern, für eine neue Wertschätzung der familialen Sozialisation und für vollständige Bildungsfreiheit.

Die legendäre Montessori-Methode, die die frühkindliche Erziehung revolutioniert und das Kind als Individuum in den Mittelpunkt gestellt hat. Simone Davies' großes Montessori-Buch bietet einen Schritt-für-Schritt-Plan, der Familien hilft, Ruhe, Schönheit und Achtsamkeit in den Alltag zu bringen. Die Autorin eröffnet eine positive Sicht auf das Kind, auch bei Wutanfällen, Kita-Problemen und anderen Herausforderungen.

AI: A phrase that intrigues some, confuses many, and brings fear to others. Whether you're a teacher looking to stay ahead or a parent curious about AI's impact on your child's education, you have questions. Can AI enhance teaching without overwhelming you? Can it tailor learning experiences? Can it be ethical and protect student data? If these concerns resonate, you've found the right book.

Are Australian schools safe? And if they're not, what happens when kids are caught in a bleak collision between ill-equipped school staff and a confected media scandal? In 2016, the Safe Schools program became the centre of an ideological firestorm. In QE67, Benjamin Law explores how and why this happened. He weaves a subtle, gripping account of schools today, sexuality, teenagers, new ideas of gender fluidity, tabloid media scares and mental health.

Demokratie und Rechtsstaat sind bedroht: durch Autokraten wie Putin von außen, die fürchten, auch für sie könnte das Streben der Bevölkerung nach politischer Selbstbestimmung gefährlich werden; durch Autokraten im Inneren, die auf einer Welle populistischer Erregung ins Amt kommen und den Rechtsstaat aushöhlen; durch eine lethargische und politisch gleichgültige Bürgerschaft, die zwar seit längerem in einer Demokratie angelangt ist, sich nun aber an dieser langweilt und nicht mehr engagiert. Die Welle der Demokratisierung, die 1989 losgebrochen ist, ist verebbt. Inzwischen gibt es weltweit wieder mehr autokratische Regime als Demokratien.

A lawyer, arbitrator, and judge, as well as a politicial activist and feminist, Nancy Morrison practiced law and adjudicated in Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. For more than 50 years, she has been a public speaker on social and political issues. As a judge, she served for nine years on the British Columbia Provincial court, 1972-1981, including three years as a vice-chair of the BC Labour relations board; and 15 years on the Supreme Court of British Columbia, 1996-2011. Raised in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Vancouver.

Digital durchgefallen, Umweltwissen mangelhaft, Zukunftskompetenz verbesserungswürdig: Unser Bildungssystem braucht dringend ein Update, das hat spätestens die Coronapandemie gezeigt. Die langjährige Schulleiterin Margret Rasfeld plädiert für regelmäßige Freiräume, in denen ein anderes Lernen erprobt werden kann und Schüler*innen eigene Projekte verfolgen. Das bereitet sie nicht nur deutlich besser auf die Arbeitswelt vor, sondern lässt sie auch erfahren, welches Können und welche Interessen in ihnen stecken. So sind aktuelle Themen nicht mehr Problem, sondern Programm.

Die Schüler:innen der sogenannten Brennpunktschule haben ein "Herz aus Gold" und den Mut, über sich selbst zu lachen. Doch in einer Gesellschaft, die vor allem die Energydrinks im Unterricht, die gefakten Gucci-T-Shirts und die Klassenbucheinträge von "denen" sieht, haben sie kaum Aufstiegschancen. Das Schulsystem zementiert stattdessen bestehende Ungleichheiten. Lisa Graf wird von den Kids in ihrem Klassenzimmer an ihren eigenen Bildungsweg erinnert, der alles andere als gradlinig verlief.

Teachers are the most important determinant of the quality of schools. We should be doing everything we can to help them get better. In recent years, however, a cocktail of box-ticking demands, ceaseless curriculum reform, disruptive reorganisations, and an audit culture that requires teachers to document their every move have left the profession deskilled and demoralised. Instead of rolling out the red carpet for teachers, we have been pulling it from under their feet. The result is predictable.

“Ho sempre guardato con grande interesse alle vicende della scuola, frequentando istituti e docenti, intervenendo sull’ossessivo succedersi di riforme realizzate o vagheggiate, partecipando a tante discussioni. Ora mi è sembrato che la situazione creata dal Covid-19 abbia mandato in fumo tante di quelle discussioni, tanto agitarsi e arrabattarsi di politici, di pedagoghi, di sindacalisti, di riformatori e di resistenti alle riforme: abbiamo visto la scuola ferma, bambini e adolescenti a casa, anche se poi sono seguite aperture parziali ed eterogenee.

The Teacher's Attention is a fresh take on relationships in schools. Looking beyond our obsession with raising test scores, this book recognizes that education is a key partner in raising children. Garrett Delavan contends that allowing students, educators and parents to navigate a smaller number of relationships - a concept he calls "relationship load" - provides many benefits, including a better chance at achieving equal access to a good education for all children.

As we turn on our television to hear what’s going on in our world, we see a video of yet another horrible display of police brutality from police departments all over the United States, taking someone’s life, which in most cases, could have been prevented.

Schools may rise and fall, but education fads remain forever. When it comes to new ideas, sifting the wheat from the chaff can seem like an impossible task. Finally, help has arrived from one of Canada’s best-known education writers. A Sage on the Stage leaves no stone unturned in its relentless assault on the foolish fads infecting public education. From incomprehensible no-zero policies to discovery math that never adds up, this book debunks many of the most pervasive fads in schools today. It also lays out a positive case for the things that do work.

Das System der Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten ist in eine Schieflage geraten: zu wenige Erzieher, zu große Gruppen von Kindern, belastende Rahmenbedingungen für Kita-Personal und Eltern. Susanne Schnieder und Carsten Tergast schlagen Alarm, denn der aktuelle Zustand vieler Kitas und Kindergärten gefährdet die Zukunft der Gesellschaft. Das Autorenduo nimmt in diesem Sachbuch die Bildungspolitik in die Verantwortung und gibt konkrete Handlungsvorschläge, was sich ändern muss – und zwar schnell.

Ogni giorno bambini e adolescenti entrano nella più grande organizzazione del nostro paese. Cosa li accoglie? Stando alle cifre più recenti, la scuola italiana non gode di buona salute. Studenti e insegnanti faticano a trovare motivazioni davanti ai tanti problemi e all'impoverimento delle risorse a disposizione.