The presence of Muslim schools in Great Britain has raised questions concerning whether or not students are receiving a broad perspective concerning the country’s history. A new report entitled, “Preventing Violent Extremism: Next Steps For Communities” describes an educational program developed drawing upon a broad perspective of Muslim communities in the UK. Young Muslims who […]

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The United Stats and the United Kingdom love giving tests to children because of their undying belief in the power of pen and paper to reveal evidence of intelligence. There are 40,000 English teachers in secondary schools in the United Kingdom and all they have to do is grade the GCSE test taken by 600,000 […]

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Faruk Sens, Germany’s leading expert on Turkish life in Europe was forced to resign from the Essen Center for Turkish Studies, after a German newspaper printed a story he wrote in which he compared the plight of contemporary Turks in Germany to what happened to German Jews. His article, “Europe’s New Jews” appeared in […]

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Japan is among the world’s leading economic powers in the world and its people rank among the top in education, but failure on the part of Japan’s Education Ministry has held the nation up to ridicule. The people of China and Korea are particularly concerned over the refusal of Japanese educators to present the brutality […]

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The Ukraine government’s dream is to one day be accepted into the European Union, but increasing evidence of hate crimes in the nation might increase difficulties into being accepted in a union which says hate crimes are not to be allowed. Nigerian medical student George Itoro Ebong was simply waiting for a bus in the […]

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The study of children invariably elicits continual studies which attribute violence in their behavior to television or to some form of exposure to the evils of media. The latest study by Daniel Anderson of the University of Massachusetts, claims exposing children to background sounds and images will somehow impede their development. His study of 50 […]

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James Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, explained to Turkish reporters his nation is involved in a public relations war to cripple al-Qaeda’s appeal to the Muslim world. “Our priority,” he explained is “not to promote our brand but to help destroy theirs. think of American values and political […]

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The recently passed bill that guarantees veterans a modern version of the GI Bill of Rights apparently contains some errors of omission that must be corrected. The office of Senator Jim Webb of Virginia who pushed for the bill expressed surprise to learn the bill will not take effect until August 1, 2009 since it […]

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The book wars continue unabated in the United States of America when once again a teacher who inspired her students, and go them reading, was suspended because students were reading materials that related to their lives instead of being spoon-fed books that had no relevancy to contemporary existence. Connie Heermann, who has taught for […]

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The prejudice facing Romas in the Czech Republic was highlighted by recent events in the town of Karlov Vay where paramilitary members of the “National Guard” decided to station themselves outside of an elementary school in order to “protect” children from Romas who were living in a nearby dormitory. The children were promised escorts to […]

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