Tag: schools
Educating Syria’s future ‘rulers’
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World powers have pledged more funds for those affected by the fighting in Syria. Refugees are one group that are in desperate need of help. Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports from a school in neighbouring Tu...
Bad math to cost US trade leadership, trillions of dollars
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For the first time since the Second World War, the US is not the largest importer and exporter of goods. China has taken that mantle, with questions being asked about why American commerce seems to be swimming again...
101 East – Educating Indonesia
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Participants in Indonesia Mengajar, a programme funded by private corporations and run by prominent university educator Anies Baswedan, are given army survival training before being deployed. But they are not soldie...
J16 | Baltimore Bloc Meets Movement Against Baltimore Youth Jail
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16J Report Back | Baltimore Bloc Meets Movement Against Baltimore Youth Jail Baltimore, MD | January 16, 2012 | The Baltimore Algebra Project, Occupy Baltimore and others gathered on this day to resist attempts by G...
Growing number of Syrians displaced from their homes
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The unrest in Syria has forced many civilians to evacuate their homes. Large numbers of Syrians are currently displaced staying in public places provided by the Syrian government and the UN, such as schools and cult...
New Mexican education bill divides teachers
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Mexico's President is expected to sign a sweeping education reform bill into law next week. This will see the government taking control of public schools from the powerful teachers' union. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney re...
The Façade of the American Dream – Part 4
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Press TV's documentary program "The Façade of the American Dream" depicts how the US removed Africans from their country of origin, worked them to death as slaves & today, in schools, is brainwashing them to make be...
The Façade of the American Dream – Part 3
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Press TV's documentary program "The Façade of the American Dream" depicts how the US removed Africans from their country of origin, worked them to death as slaves & today, in schools, is brainwashing them to make be...
DC Mayor open to armed guards in all schools
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Calls have been growing across the US for stricter gun control laws following a December massacre at an elementary school. But more guns could be headed to Washington DC schools if the city's mayor has his way. This...
History of US slavery in Africa – Part 2
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Press TV's documentary program "The Façade of the American Dream" depicts how the US removed Africans from their country of origin, worked them to death as slaves & today, in schools, is brainwashing them to make be...
Indonesia plans to end science in schools
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Learning about science in school may soon be a thing of the past for primary students in Indonesia. The government wants the subject removed so more time can be spent on things like religion and nationalism. But teach...
Safe Schools are Punishment-free Learning-only Sanctuaries
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One in five children has been or will be the victim of a prosecutable crime by the age of 18. Our societal acceptance of this 1 in 5 statistic is not "like" being crazy -- it IS crazy. Ever hear of culturally transmit...
Turkey bans headscarves at schools, public offices
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The Turkish government's ban on the hijab has angered most of the Turkish population over 95 percent of whom are Muslims. The ban triggered several protests throughout the past year. Press TV's Serena Shim reports fro...
The Frost Interview – Carlos Acosta: From pauper to prince
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Sir David Frost travels to Havana, Cuba, to meet the world's most celebrated male ballet dancer in his homeland. Carlos Acosta's family was desperately poor. Pedro, his father, had fallen in love with ballet when as a...
Is stopping the School to prison pipeline just a pipedream?
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For decades, public schools across the nation have amped up the police presence to combat the increased violence in the school system, but critics believe that the private prison industry is benefiting from the accomp...