Tag: Education

Baked cod, miso and bok choy: unpacking Japan’s healthy school lunches

Japans state-run kyushoku system integrates flavour with fresh components and high dietary worth at low expense T he list of meals checks out like a health-conscious menu at an upmarket coffee shop: mackerel prepared in miso, a light salad of daikon radish and sour plum, very finely sliced pickled veggies and a choice of fresh […]

The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls | Jaquira Daz

In the United States, latinx and black ladies are disproportionately penalized and attacked by school administrators for easy violations such as revealing feelings M ore than 20 years back, when I was a 12-year-old queer kid concerning terms with her sexuality, I escaped from house. It sought school had actually blurted for the summertime, and […]

‘My classroom has asbestos and bats’: a message for Betsy DeVos

On the eve of World Teachers Day, the Guardians Washington bureau chief David Smith went to the Department of Education to provide messages from numerous instructors who composed to the Guardian throughout the instructor takeover Secretary DeVos, this is what American instructors desire you to understand about their battles. In September, the Guardian welcomed a […]

Too scared to speak up? How to be more confident

Some people exude self-assurance, while others dread putting themselves forward. But is lack of confidence societal or genetic, and what tricks can we use to overcome it? Above the entrance to Manchester Grammar School lies a coat of arms and a Latin inscription: Sapere Aude. Ian Thorpe, then the schools development officer, translated it for […]