Richard Unknown's List: Dümmste Institution die jemals die Erde gerettet hat

• Wie kommt es, dass qualifizierte Menschen in der Blüte ihrer Jahre einen so mageren Lohn hinnehmen, ohne aufzubegehren oder zu murren? Wieso sind wir – gut ausgebildet und belastbar – bereit, ein Praktikum nach dem anderen abzureißen, ohne Geld zu verdienen?

• The study found that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through face-to-face instruction. Further, those who took "blended" courses -- those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction -- appeared to do best of all. That finding could be significant as many colleges report that blended instruction is among the fastest-growing types of enrollment.

• Children are over-burdened with homework and left with just one hour a day to   play with friends, a new study found.

• BYE bye bubble-wrap kids. Hello free-rangers.  <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) --> 

   

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   Free-range parenting involves letting kids do some things by themselves so they grow up to be independent and confident.

• Es klingt wie ein Ehegelübde: „Sind Sie bereit, Frau Heyne, mit uns dieses Schulbündnis zu schließen und allen Schülern einen Abschluss zu garantieren?“,

• 10 reasons why public school is better than homeschool. –

   

  1. Most parents were educated in the under funded-public school system, and so are not smart enough to homeschool their own children.

• The lunch period is one of the few times during the day when school children are allowed to socialize, right?

• So habe es nach einer Anfrage der Grünen im April dieses Jahres nur Informationen über 18 Disziplinarfälle wegen sexuellen Fehlverhaltens gegeben, nicht aber über die gerichtliche Verurteilung des betreffenden Lehrers.

• Der Bedarf an hoch qualifizierten Arbeitskräften steigt doch, wir brauchen mehr Absolventen.
  
   Es wird immer behauptet, dass die Akademikerzahlen mindestens verdoppelt werden sollen. Aber der Staat, der bislang die meisten Akademiker eingestellt hat, ist pleite, und eine Qualitätssicherung findet angesichts der Massenunis nicht statt - allein aufgrund der unzureichenden Finanzierung. Auf einer Exkursion traf ich neulich einen sehr kompetenten Wattführer, der im Winter von Hartz IV lebt. Er war promoviert und hatte keine Professorenstelle bekommen. Ein anderes Beispiel: Auf eine einzige ausgeschriebene Stelle an einem Gymnasium in NRW haben sich kürzlich 49 Personen beworben, davon 35 Promovierte und drei Habilitierte. Wir werden uns noch wundern, vor allem die Eltern und Schüler, die jetzt Abitur machen. Viele von ihnen werden später keine adäquaten Jobs bekommen, denn die haben wir dann nicht mehr.

• It has been a problem baffling education experts for years. How do you stop   youngsters “unlearning” what they have been taught in schools during the   long summer holidays?

• The assessments showed that that youngsters were dropping behind by as much as   two to four national curriculum points as a result of the break.  

   

   In plain English, four national curriculum points amounts to what you would   expect a child to learn in a year. 
• As a result, every child is now sent home at the end of the summer term with a   book bag stuffed with five recommended books to read – and parents are   encouraged to read to them.
• The school also set up competitions including maths puzzles and science   quizzes which youngsters could do online. It also opens for a couple of   days for those who do not have access to a computer to come in and do the   puzzles.
• Children are also given a scrapbook to complete describing what they have   done during their summer break.
• Finally, a virtual classroom is also set up online showing youngsters what   their new classroom will look like in September.

• In 2008, the year before it was introduced, 16 out of 60 pupils had slipped   back in writing, 22 in reading and 12 in maths. The following year the   figures were eight, seven and five respectively. 

   

   What is happening at Grays’ infant and junior school today could be   happening elsewhere tomorrow as well. 

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