#Students

Public education. Affinati: “Stricter behaviour grades are not educationally beneficial”

“It is unrealistic to expect to pass through the fire of our own making unscathed. However, stricter behavioural grading will…

Serbia: student-led protests. Krastev (analyst), “protesters have embraced civil disobedience”

Serbia: student-led protests. Krastev (analyst), “the situation is radicalising”. 29 people still under arrest

Secondary school final exams. Affinati: “The first real exam for students. It is not the final goal that should be rewarded, but the achievement”

The Italian state exam for over 500,000 high school students begins on 19 June with the Italian essay. Is it…

Secondary school-leaving exams. Eraldo Affinati: “May it serve as a stepping stone to new experiences”

Take your personal experience as a springboard for reflection; write short sentences to ensure proper syntax. This is the advice…

Afghanistan: attack in Kabul. Najafi (writer), “students killed because of their love for culture”

A suicide bomber targeted a school in Kabul this morning leaving more than 30 dead and dozens injured. The majority…

Russia: “Anti-war students” activist movement travels on the web. Stories of “acts of disobedience” on Telegram

Solidarity chain for Ukrainian students in the US. But the humanitarian crisis has the face of refugees on the Mexican border

More than 1,700 Ukrainian students are studying for their undergraduate, postgraduate or doctorate degrees in the United States. They first…

Catholic schools. CSSC: almost 8,000 schools with over half a million pupils. Msgr. Giuliodori, “restart with confidence and renewed commitment in the light of the Global Compact on Education”

The 23rd Report of the Italian Study Centre for Catholic Schools (CSSC) regarding post-emergency education, records a total of 7,800…

Final high-school exams and COVID-19. Affinati: “Students, put yourselves to the test to give a deeper meaning to life”

Italy’s 2021 high-school final exam, the second in a time of coronavirus, will start in four weeks. The oral exam…

Should schools be closed or not? Gandini (Uni. Milan): “Research in 28 countries. The benefits of keeping them open outweigh the risks”

Closing schools is supposed to curb the spread of the virus. However, the scientific community does not back the correlation…