Looking at Education

Here is an article about Uganda's Secondary Education Plan

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What are your thoughts on education- it could be anything on education. What jumped out of the article for me was this statement,

"But students will repeat classes at their own cost"

Would that bring about a sense of responsibility in students and parents? Or is this a way for the system to weed out lesser-performing students?

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Here is an article about enviornmental education.

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Enviornmental education as a core-requirement? What's your take on it? I don't think it would be able to take off until it reaches a critical-awareness level among the general population. However, the same argument can be made for the beginnings of diversity education. Some people say we need it, some say otherwise.

Welcome Back, Rangers!

Here is a photo recap of 2005-2006. What can you write on the SIS blog? Anything SIS-related or anything on global issues. In the past, we've done article/event analysis and simply shared our thoughts. It's been a great way to learn from each other, as well as a great way for Alumni to keep in touch.

If you've never been here before, take a minute and look through some of the past postings.

Enjoy.