Money Magazine

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The type of education a family chooses is a personal decision. What matters to one family is totally different to another. Property expert Peter Koulizos, who is based in Adelaide and a former teacher, says that in his experience, highly ranked, acad

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - My first encounter with the Chess Lady was in a classroom at Dewey Elementary in Englewood, where she cheerfully explained the Fibonacci sequence to a group of third-graders. (And to me. I hadn't a clue.) "Add the first two numbers to get t

The English Home

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Many art institutions and individual makers offer courses ranging from an afternoon in a workshop to week-long residential getaways. A chance to learn skills direct from the maker and to put creative ideas into action, they also enable would-be creat

The Guardian

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Not everyone knows what they want to do at 18. So why has the mature student become a dying breed?

PleinAir Magazine

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Painting workshops have become the go-to method of instruction for many who want to express their artistic side and gain access to the world of fine art. For those who studied art in school, but for whatever reason were unable to pursue it, a two- to

Quilting Arts Magazine

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Are you considering honing your artistic skills through rigorous academic study of art? Here are just some of the lessons Laura learned in her art classes. • Put on your blinders and stop comparing yourself to others. • What’s easy for you is like ma

Mornings with Jesus

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FOR SIXTEEN YEARS I WORKED in elementary schools, either as a teacher or a consultant, and I’m not sure who learned more—me or my students. Each day “life” lessons proved to be far more powerful than whatever textbooks could teach, and I learned some

American Survival Guide

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There is no such thing as knowing too much, and a good first step and supplement to school attendance is reading about a given topic. The author believes these five books are must-haves in your library and recommends them to get you started in your r

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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In late April, ASLA’s Board of Trustees voted at its spring meeting to eliminate the fee for student membership in the society. Yes, that’s right: Membership is now free for students, student affiliates, and international students. The change took ef

Psychologies

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IF THE PAST FEW MONTHS have shown us anything, it’s that the world can do business online as never before. If there was ever a time to learn the skills to build a thriving digital business or side hustle, it’s now. In this in-depth Dosser, we talk to

Newsweek

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Children, aged 4-7, attend a class in a forest near Upie, on May 12. Some pupils went to “school” again, with parents acting as teachers, to protest the closing of the village school by the town’s mayor. The children were taught subjects like math an

You South Africa

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THE closing of schools brought the daily routine to an abrupt end for millions of kids – gone was the camaraderie of the classroom, the thrill of sports matches, the excitement of social events, the rush of winning an award. For parents it was a dou

Earth Garden

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ECOSS could grace any area in Australia: permaculture, community education, biodynamic farming, employment and training for people with disabilities, and for youngsters seeking inspiration. There is a huge list of environmental and social activities,

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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Almost anyone who has ever played a game has wondered what it would be like to make their own, but childhood dreams don’t need to stay dreams. With a lot of hard work, and some guidance, you can help create new worlds that change the way we play fore

Tes

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The number of learners taking part in evening classes has fallen by about 50 per cent in the past 10 years, an analysis by Tes has shown. In the 2009-10 academic year, almost 93,000 students were enrolled in an evening class at one of the 52 colleges

India Today

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“SSCBS was a new college with fresh concepts at the graduate level in 1991. The curriculum was carefully crafted; student-teacher interactions were intense. The course laid a solid foundation for me in business management” ■

Good Housekeeping South Africa

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Maybe you’ve got a child who struggles for four hours over what could, on another day, be 20 minutes of homework. Or maybe you can’t get the kitchen clean because oh, look, there’s that box you were going to sort through! It’s all about focus and how

Palm Beach Illustrated

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It started with coral. Earlier this year, I spoke about ancient Greece to a group of sixth graders at Palm Beach Day Academy at the request of history teacher Jonathan Paine. Afterward, Mr. Paine, who’s also a talented documentarian, asked if I’d lik

Kiplinger

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The post-high school norm for millennials and their predecessors was to get accepted to a four-year college, physically move there, pay for books, pay for room and board, complete a degree program and get a job. Can't immediately come up with the $20

Facility Management

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As with the general workforce, the average age of facility managers is increasing. The seminal ‘Raising the Bar’ report showed that for facility management professional members of the Royal Institute of Chartered surveyors, more are over 70 than unde

Baseball America

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Regardless of ability level, athleticism, measurable strengths and analytics reports, baseball players still have to continue to improve in order to progress to the next level. Whether it’s a youth player aiming for success transitioning to the 90-fo

Saturday Star

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MANY South Africans have turned a stormy 2020 in their favour, according to a recent online survey commissioned by Sanlam and completed by more than 5 000 people of all ages and walks of life. More than nine out of 10 (93%) respondents said they’d le

Pretoria News Weekend

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EXPERTS in the education sector have mixed views on the decision to bump up by 5% marks for the 2020 year-end exams in grades 4 to 9. But, said the department of education, extra help was necessary to ensure deserving children did not suffer more fol

Palm Beach Illustrated

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After six months of social distancing and collective breath-holding, September feels like a fresh start. Kids are going back to school, albeit mostly virtually. Restaurants are gearing up for Flavor month with all the requisite adjustments. The fashi

Pretoria News Weekend

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MANY South Africans have turned a stormy 2020 in their favour, according to a recent online survey commissioned by Sanlam and completed by more than 5 000 people of all ages and walks of life. More than nine out of 10 (93%) respondents said they’d le

People Magazine South Africa

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YES, dreams are for sleep – some of them, at least. Others, though, are there to propel us into a better life; even stardom, perhaps... Malvin Musanhi came to SA when he was only three years old. He and his parents – mother, Pinkie, and father, Milto

Woman's Day

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First, let go of “parenting guilt” and understand that it won’t be perfect. Try not to enforce a full day’s work but do give a loose structure with timings, so the kids know how the day will unfold. We let them choose their uniforms daily – yes, some

Manhattan Institute

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In New York City, a blue-ribbon task force agrees that demographics are the best measure of school quality.

Weekend Argus Saturday

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As thousands of nervous Grade 12 pupils across the country prepare to begin their final exams, the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on their ability to prepare adequately will almost certainly reflect in the results. ■

Save Our Seas

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One of the signs that the end of the year is looming is the preparation for the December Marine Awareness Camp run by the Save Our Seas Foundation’s Shark Education Centre. This three-day residential camp takes place at the Soetwater Environmental Ed