education

Elite Universities Teach Lesson in Price Fixing

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/15/2022 - 07:00

Many of the nation’s top universities have been placed on the dishonor roll. Accused of colluding on financial aid limits are: Brown, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern, Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice, Vanderbilt, and Yale

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https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/elite-universities-teach-lesson-in-price-fixing/

Finishing school amid the rubble of war and the ravages of disease

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 08/27/2021 - 08:16

Rarely can high school students have faced such obstacles to sit exams.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/finishing-school-amid-rubble-war-and-ravages-disease/33811

How to Present Info for Visual Learners – #SolutionsWatch (video)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 03/04/2021 - 06:01

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/nuU7RGLw4mU/

How to Present Info for Visual Learners – #SolutionsWatch

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/02/2021 - 09:05

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/solutionswatch-visuallearners.mp3"][/audio]A picture is worth a thousand words, and it is often the case that a well-crafted image can get the point across much more effectively than a lengthy diatribe.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/8EZTqEeZiLc/

Labor Day: Art from the Great Depression

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/07/2020 - 13:00

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Great Depression was characterized by unemployment, homelessness, hunger, bankruptcies, home foreclosures, dust, drought, and inequality in the distribution of wealth. And America’s infrastructure was crumbling. Sound familiar?

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/07/labor-day-art-from-the-great-depression-2/

Surprising Benefits of Isolation Discovered During the Lockdown

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 08/13/2020 - 08:00

Reading Time: 5 minutesSlurping down slushies on warm cafeteria benches. Treading up steep stairways and laughing as our legs burn. Promising to be the godmothers to each other’s children, jokingly of course.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/13/surprising-benefits-of-isolation-discovered-during-the-lockdown/

Teacher Mental Health Amid a Pandemic

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 08/06/2020 - 13:00

Reading Time: 6 minutesBefore the COVID-19 pandemic reached fever pitch, I was on the edge of burnout. Teaching is a stressful job. Preparing and delivering engaging lessons while also keeping up with administrative documentation, classroom management, and teacher evaluations is a lot of work.I love my students dearly. But stress takes its toll.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/06/teacher-mental-health-amid-a-pandemic/

Pandemic Threatens American DREAMers

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 08/01/2020 - 13:00

Reading Time: 13 minutesThe US Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s attempt to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, better known as DACA, sent audible sighs of relief rippling through the nation last June.The relief was temporary, however.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/01/pandemic-threatens-american-dreamers/

US Restrictions Threaten Admissions, Careers for Chinese STEM Students

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 07/28/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe moment that college student Kecheng Du saw a tweet from President Trump saying only “China!,” he feared that his plans for advanced studies in the US might go up in smoke.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/28/us-restrictions-threaten-admissions-careers-for-chinese-stem-students/

No One Wants Schools Shut Down.

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/26/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 4 minutesLiving in the time of COVID-19 is like being on a slow-moving train and seeing the tracks ahead on fire. We cannot get off the train. We cannot make the train stop. We cannot put the fire out. We are stuck, watching the flames get ever closer to us at an excruciatingly measured pace. We know soon they will consume us. But we don’t know what to do about it.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/26/no-one-wants-schools-shut-down/

Why Policing in Schools Is Complicated

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/23/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 9 minutesAs a junior at East High School, an inner-city school in Rochester, NY, Eric Kounnavong, a first-generation Laotian American, got along well with other students. He had simultaneously enrolled in three art classes to explore his Laotian heritage, and he was taking night classes to graduate early. On the surface, Eric’s future looked promising.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/23/why-policing-in-schools-is-complicated/

Tested: The Future of Education Post-Pandemic

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/09/2020 - 07:10

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the coronavirus pandemic, education has been one of the most disrupted sectors in our unsettled society. Parents, students, teachers, administrators, and support staff have had to significantly readjust their lives as school districts have shut down or offered remote learning options.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/09/tested-the-future-of-education-post-pandemic/

‘Desperate’ Families, Empty Classrooms for Kids With Special Needs

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/09/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 8 minutesThis story is part of WhoWhatWhy’s ongoing series on the challenges and opportunities the coronavirus pandemic poses for the US education system on all levels.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/09/desperate-families-empty-classrooms-for-kids-with-special-needs/

Going to School Has Never Been Safe for My Child

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/09/2020 - 06:50

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis story is part of WhoWhatWhy’s ongoing series on the challenges and opportunities the coronavirus pandemic poses for the US education system on all levels.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/09/going-to-school-has-never-been-safe-for-my-child/

Has Trump Backer and Education Czar Betsy DeVos Gone Too Far?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/10/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs teachers and administrators struggle to reinvent how they teach students this September, US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s recent policy decisions have only made the situation worse — ensuring that public schools will have greater budget shortfalls than before, right when they need more help.The $3 trillion stimulus bill Congress passed in late Marc

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/10/has-trump-backer-and-education-czar-betsy-devos-gone-too-far/

Pandemic Leaves International Students Stranded

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 05/30/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen US universities shut down in the middle of the semester due to the coronavirus pandemic, school officials asked students to vacate their dorms immediately.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/30/pandemic-leaves-international-students-stranded/

Email Blunder Reveals Student Info and University Negligence

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 05/23/2020 - 12:00

Reading Time: 5 minutesA US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruiter exposed the sensitive information — including visa status — of more than 1,300 students and alumni from the Washington, DC–based American University following a May 15 virtual career fair.The incident raises serious concerns about how information is shared between universities and job recruiters — including

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/23/email-blunder-reveals-student-info-and-university-negligence/

A New College Motto: Buyer Beware

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/17/2020 - 07:00

Reading Time: 6 minutesOPINIONWell before the coronavirus pandemic, the US system of higher education was broken. Not for the wealthiest students, who prep until their SAT scores reach 1500, volunteer at elephant refuges, or gain national status through private soccer league competitions, then soar through the next four years without loans or even work-study jobs. But

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/17/a-new-college-motto-buyer-beware/

Back to Books, GMO Crisis, ISIS Hangout – New World Next Week

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 09/26/2019 - 17:18

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/N-udZ2qyTz8/

Interview 1481 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 09/26/2019 - 04:28

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2019-09-26%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: Australian private schools ditch fondleslabs for textbooks; the GM environmental crisis spreads as the MSM hypes the fake climate scare; and the MSM pimps a limited Turkish hangout over ISIS.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/VDurtNRYVaw/

Study Destroys Myth of Uneducated Immigrants

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/05/2019 - 07:00

Reading Time: 4 minutesBorder Security! Build the Wall! Halt the Illegal Flow! During his presidential campaign and since he has been office, Donald Trump has been raising the blood pressure of his base with claims that America faces a massive onslaught of immigrants bringing crime, drugs, disease, and higher levels of poverty to the US.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/06/05/study-destroys-myth-of-uneducated-immigrants/

In 2019, Active Shooter Drills Are the New Fire Drills in Schools

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 03/14/2019 - 07:00

Announced over the public address system in a suburban Philadelphia middle school: The school is now on lockdown. This is just a drill. Run! Immediately search for a way out, any way out. Run through the classroom door. Climb out the window. Sprint through the football field. Run in a zig-zag or swirly line — a shooter is more likely to hit you when you run in a straight line. Hide in a neighbor’s garage until you know you’re safe. Hide!

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/03/14/in-2019-active-shooter-drills-are-the-new-fire-drills-in-schools/

Israel steps up attacks on Palestinian schools

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 02/05/2019 - 10:21

Children and teachers contend with tear gas, live ammunition and stun grenades.

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israel-steps-attacks-palestinian-schools

9/11 Judge, School Money, Sheriff Refuseniks – New World Next Week

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/31/2019 - 16:10

This week on the New World Next Week: the 9/11 kangaroo court has a medical mishap; a Taiwan school educates children about money; and sheriffs disobey unconstitutional gun grab.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/14ytLBY6-vA/

Interview 1417 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/31/2019 - 07:06

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2019-01-31%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: the 9/11 kangaroo court has a medical mishap; a Taiwan school educates children about money; and sheriffs disobey unconstitutional gun grab.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/DOYsE6FQd4g/

The Wire Season 4 Review (Preview)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/27/2018 - 10:12

In this penultimate review episode I look at how the education system is a poor place to learn anything, how standardised testing is a form of child abuse, the fundamental problems of electoral politics, and expand on why an intelligence-based approach to societal problems is always better than a military-based ap

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https://www.spyculture.com/the-wire-season-4-review-preview/

Je suis un animal domestique

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/10/2018 - 13:32

J'ai appris à faire la vaisselle en me disant Que je dois pouvoir faire la vaisselle J'ai appris à faire la lessive en me disant Que je dois pouvoir faire la lessive J'ai appris à faire le ménage en me disant Que je dois pouvoir faire le ménage J'ai appris à faire la cuisine en me disant Que je dois pouvoir faire la cuisine J'ai appris à faire de la philosophie en me disant

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2018/09/je-suis-un-animal-domestique/

QUI A PEUR POUR SES ENFANTS ?

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 09/04/2018 - 12:19

L'enfant cesse d'être un enfant, le jour où il comprend que l'essentiel de ce qu'on lui raconte est cousu de fil blanc. Sentir qu'on lui ment est un sentiment à l'origine de tous ses tourments. Le désespoir de celui qui apprend du jour au lendemain qu'on lui raconte des histoires.

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2018/09/qui-a-peur-pour-ses-enfants/

Interview 1381 – The Past, Present and Future of Education

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 08/27/2018 - 10:12

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-08-22%20The%20Ripple%20Effect.mp3"][/audio]James Corbett and Hunter Maats join Ricky Varandas on The Ripple Effect to continue their previous conversation of the problems of the current system of schooling and the solutions to that system. Along the way, they debate licensing, statism, the FDA and other topics.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/2OBTX1g4Hwc/

Interview 1375 – The Problem With Schooling on The Ripple Effect

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/29/2018 - 23:49

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-07-25%20The%20Ripple%20Effect.mp3"][/audio]James Corbett & Hunter Maats join the show to discuss the history of education, issues with our current system and possible solutions.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/Gkk7rCN00gg/

Israel forces teachers to leave Palestine

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/26/2018 - 12:16

Israel closes Palestinian college in Jerusalem, bans Birzeit faculty from obtaining visas.

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israel-forces-teachers-leave-palestine

LAISSE-MOI VIVRE MA VIE !

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 06/29/2018 - 07:03

Laisse-moi vivre ma vie ! m'a dit ma fille qui a fêté ses 4 ans, il n'y a pas si longtemps. Laisse-moi vivre ma vie comme pour me débarrasser à jamais de toute envie de faire de l'esprit... putain, c'est elle ou c'est moi qui vieillis ?

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2018/06/laisse-moi-vivre-ma-vie/

Listen: "Every Palestinian was a target" at Gaza march

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/05/2018 - 15:58

Scholars call for an end to study abroad in Israel programs at US universities.

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-every-palestinian-was-target-gaza-march

How Israel weaponizes education in occupied Golan Heights

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/04/2018 - 18:55

Syria conflict is heightening pressure on Druze to assimilate.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-weaponizes-education-occupied-golan-heights/23811

Le grand oral pour une musulmane

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 02/16/2018 - 10:34

Je vous prie de m'excuser... m'excuser de me présenter devant vous pour le grand oral. En tenue de bain... ce n'est pas parce que je l'appelle Médine... mais parce que tout de suite après... j'ai piscine. Ça fait longtemps que j'attends ce moment pour dire pourquoi, pour dire comment certains Français n'aiment pas la France.

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2018/02/grand-oral-musulmane/

Et s’il n’y avait qu’un principe à retenir ?

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/06/2018 - 15:30

Oublies la douceur, tu n'auras droit qu'à des pilules amères Je suis ta mère... La désillusion en personne... Celle qui préfère verser ou déverser des larmes plutôt que te bercer d'illusions. Je te lève, je te relève, je t'élève. Mais si tu fais un pas de travers, je te crève... Même dans tes rêves, tu ne verras jamais que mon glaive. Et en guise de bonheur, le feu et la fureur !

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2018/01/feu-et-fureur/

An education but no diploma

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/06/2017 - 12:38

Young people's futures on hold in Gaza as universities withhold certificates over tuition debt.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/education-no-diploma/22511

Emmanuel Todd : « La crétinisation des mieux éduqués est extraordinaire », par Sonya Faure et Cécile Daumas

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/18/2017 - 23:30

Source : Libération, Sonya Faure et Cécile Daumas, 06-09-2017 Pour l’historien Emmanuel Todd, la vraie fracture n’est aujourd’hui plus sociale, mais éducative. Et la démocratie est vouée à disparaître en Europe.

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http://www.les-crises.fr/emmanuel-todd-la-cretinisation-des-mieux-eduques-est-extraordinaire-par-sonya-faure-et-cecile-d…

Video: Encouraging reading culture in Gaza

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 08/07/2017 - 14:37

The Glow and Thought finds creative means to stress that books are for everyone.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/video-encouraging-reading-culture-gaza/21331

Lawsuits Pile Up as Government Agencies Delay New Rules

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 07/08/2017 - 06:50

What do the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and Environmental Protection Agency have in common? They’ve all faced lawsuits for putting the brakes on Obama-era regulations.Just this week, the attorneys general from 18 states and Washington D.C.

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https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/07/08/lawsuits-pile-government-agencies-delay-new-rules/

What Happened to Libya’s Gold? – Q4C #036

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 06/26/2017 - 10:38

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/QiGGw3RD4Yw/

What Happened to Libya’s Gold? – Questions For Corbett #036

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 06/24/2017 - 00:45

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc036-lq.mp3"][/audio]Libya had 144 tons of gold in the vaults when NATO's humanitarian love bombs began raining down in 2011. So now that the company has been utterly destroyed and discarded like yesterday's newspaper, what happened to all that gold, anyway?

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/RF-rN9eVn_o/

Fit For Thee, Not For Me (NWO Edition)

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/18/2017 - 09:27

From German politicians and their swine vaccines to Bill Gates' kids and common core, it's one rule for the powers-that-shouldn't-be and another for the plebs. But surely you knew that already. What other examples of this phenomenon do you know of? Leave your answers in the comments section below.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/7RfzeTI2BqU/

Émeline ou de l’éducation

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 03/13/2017 - 15:26

Émeline est un joli prénom. C'est le prénom de ma grand-mère. Un être que j'aimais passionnément. Ce fut ma première institutrice. La première à mon sens à saisir l'essence d'un caprice. Le caprice d'un enfant. C'est elle qui m'a tout appris en m'apprenant qu'il y a plus de choses à laisser qu'à prendre ou à apprendre. En premier, tous les verbes inappropriés : élever, dresser, domestiquer, éduquer, apprivoiser.

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https://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/2017/03/emeline-de-leducation/

Gaza woes force educated to leave

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/18/2016 - 14:55

Observers worry about impact of brain drain for future of besieged Gaza.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/gaza-woes-force-educated-leave/16066

Le déterminisme des élites pour la piétaille

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/11/2016 - 10:32

Article tiré de la lettre AIL n°11 (mars 2016) que vous pouvez commander sur la boutique de l’AIL Les États-Unis sont à la tête d’un mouvement éducatif, le common core, censé améliorer l’apprentissage des élèves à travers des méthodes révolutionnaires initiées par la fondation Bill Gates[1]. Pourtant cette invention n’est diffusée que dans les écoles

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http://www.agenceinfolibre.fr/le-determinisme-des-elites-pour-la-pietaille/

No access to education for Bedouin children with disabilities

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 02/17/2016 - 13:09

Lack of resources due to Israel's institutionalized discrimination means no classrooms for many students.

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/no-access-education-bedouin-children-disabilities/15691

Jerusalem children squeezed out of school by Israeli discrimination

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/03/2016 - 17:18

Shortage of classrooms has dire effect on tens of thousands of Palestinian students in the occupied city.

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/jerusalem-children-squeezed-out-school-israeli-discrimination