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The Syrian refugee\'s poem that exposed England\'s \'joyless\' curriculum
On Thursday writer and teacher Kate Clanchy, who uses her Twitter feed mostly to post her students? poetry, shared ?The Doves of Damascus? by 14-year-old Ftoun. English students, Syrian refugees and ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:15:00 GMT

Kindi, the Uber of English Reading, Links Syrian Refugee Students to Language Pals ? & American Schools Are Getting In on the Act
74 Interview: Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers in ... Outschool Is ?the Netflix of Learning? Kindi, the Uber of English reading, connects Syrian ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:00:00 GMT

Student who came to Ireland from Syria with little English gets 602 Leaving Cert points
A 17-year-old student who arrived in Ireland from Syria four years ago with only basic English skills has scored more than 600 ... ?I?ve loved science since day one. I had amazing teachers who talked ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:37:00 GMT

Syrian schools continue to struggle with Kurdish curriculum
In 2012, after the Kurdish Language Institute decided to teach Kurdish in schools across Jazira, the Ministry of Education affiliated with the Syrian regime shut those ... and until students graduate, ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Aug 2019 02:06:00 GMT

Syria?s teen documentarian
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, said that Eastern Ghouta ... and their sister Hiba, a teacher and nurse, would help translate Najem?s reporting into an English script.
Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Aug 2019 03:55:00 GMT

UN, US Honor Humanitarian Workers on World Humanitarian Day
These include the frontlines in conflicts raging in places such as Yemen and Syria, South Sudan ... Humanitarian Workers Teach Returning Children In Cameroon's far north region, hundreds of school ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:45:00 GMT

No Shellfire or Bullets, but War still Intrudes on Tiny Syrian Island
In the years before Syria?s war the boatmakers of Arwad used to sell their ... prices going up because of the difficulty of importing some materials. ?I didn?t teach my sons the industry because it is ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 19 Aug 2019 07:25:00 GMT

Walling Off the Ivory Tower
In my case, that list includes Iraq, Iran, and Syria, because the topic of my dissertation ... one of the most important countries for science, research, and teaching. Publishing in English is ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:33:00 GMT

Melkite Catholic young adults in Middle East find hope at gathering
There was cheering, clapping and waving of Syrian flags. Young adults joined arms for the step-and-stomp traditional dabke dance. Dina Fares, 26, an English teacher from Damascus, told CNS ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:27:00 GMT

FBI takes down Nigerian fraudsters in $46M case
He told her they couldn?t talk by phone because he wasn?t allowed to use one in Syria. So a stream of emails went back and worth, with her using Google to translate his English into her ... trying to ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:39:00 GMT

Educationist Yunus Raiss dies at 84
who were among those he had taught English at Malaysia Hall every Friday evening. They took turns to take care of him with Yunus? old friend, Ravi Pillai, who would stay there from morning until noon.
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:09:31 GMT

Israeli wind farm project unites Jewish settlers, Golan Druze
Another Druze woman, who identified herself only as ?Rahab, a school teacher? concurred ... Outside Masud?s house in Majdal Shams, the words ?Syria Running for Freedom,? are etched on a wall in ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:54:00 GMT