Curriculum
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Iraqi Private Schools Grow While Public Schools Crumble
Hundreds of private schools are opening up each year in Iraq, while public schools are deteriorating.
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What Is Education For?
As countries seek to improve schools and universities, institutional goals need to come into focus.
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Qatari Education Report Praises Independent Schools
A recent survey finds state-owned but independent Qatari schools, somewhat similar to “charter schools” elsewhere, to be cheaper and better…
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Is the Arab World Ready for More Investigative Journalism?
Arab professors discussed integrating investigative journalism into their courses at a workshop in Jordan.
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An Egyptian Nursing Institute Redefines the Profession
A small school seeks to create nurses who are leaders and thinkers and improve attitudes about those who do much…
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A Qatari Teaching Center Lifts up Low-Performing Schools
A Qatari teaching center helps instructors learn techniques that involve more active learning, heading off classroom-management problems.
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Opinion
The Academic Corruption of Journalism
Belal Fadl, the Egyptian writer, recalls an interview he once had with Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, one of the most prominent…
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Education-Research Conference Stirs Up a Hornet’s Nest
Participants in an educational-research meeting scrutinized their field and found it wanting: Preoccupied with statistics and avoiding politically-sensitive issues.
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Advanced Degree Programs Proliferating in Lebanon
Many Lebanese universities are adding programs where students can earn master's and doctoral degrees. But little quality control for these…
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Experts Reconsider Education at a Doha Conference
Speakers at the fifth annual World Innovation Summit for Education discussed the classroom experience as part of a lifelong path.
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