Schools

London (UK), November 2011 - Public spending on education in the UK is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, according to a report released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The report says the biggest challenges ahead are for early-years education, youth services, and sixteen-nineteen education, where spending is set to fall by around twenty percent in real terms. » MORE

Duluth, GA (USA), November 2011 - ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET-approved, nationally accredited, distance-training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care and education workforce, offers educators a new course for stress management. » MORE

Copenhagen (DK), November 2011 - "Important Lessons from the Last Ten Years with Game-Based Learning" is the title of the OEB contribution of Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen. He is CEO of Serious Games Interactive in Denmark, a company that develops serious game, simulations, and virtual worlds with graphics that are able to stand up to other commercial computer games. Their solutions have explicit learning objectives and are developed with attention to the special needs of clients and users. » MORE

Arlington, VA/San Francisco, CA (USA), October 2011 - Teen Wellness, an online app that helps students improve resiliency skills, is now integrated into Naviance, the leading provider of measurable student-success solutions for K-12 schools and districts, through Naviance Succeed®. This integration will allow school staff and administrators to provide holistic academic, career, and emotional support to students using a single, integrated platform. » MORE