In late March last year, as the virus started to spread across India, investors began to worry about the impact a potential pandemic could have on their portfolio firms. They exchanged notes, and on April 1, penned a joint open letter to the local startup ecosystem, advising firms to “prepare for the worst.” In the […]
Loss of school trips to the UK has been a Brexit tragedy | Letters
New visa requirements mean that EU students will go elsewhere, writes Karen Brandes, while Brigid Hoffmann worries about the consequences for language learningThe slump in school trips to the UK described in your article does not surprise me at all (‘A…
A year on: the highs and lows of a new engineering education system
Last Christmas, I got a new curriculum, but no curriculum survives actual students.
計算が苦手な子の筆算方法には共通点があるけど、筆算する時どっちのやり方でやる？「何この画期的な筆算」「みんな当然知っているものと思ってました」
なごぱん @namakemonopann1 大学受験生を教えてると、理科の計算がすごく苦手だと言う生徒が多い。 解いたノートを見てみると、筆算が左の解き方を使う生徒が結構いることに衝撃を受けた。 私は小学校で習ったのだが、これじゃ高校理科の計算が出来るわけない。 pic.twitter.com/o1HBX5vS7u 2021-12-25 13:41:39
子供が箸を持って走り回って注意をしてもやめなかった→父も食事中に箸を持って走り回って転び、仕込んだ血糊で血だらけになって収まった話｢ロバート秋山凄い｣
夜泣き｜乳幼児の睡眠問題｜原田（ふみママ） @nentorefumimama ロバート秋山さんのお子さんが、食事中に箸を持って走り回って注意をしてもやめなかったとき。秋山さんも食事中に箸を持って走り回って転び、そのときに血糊を仕込んで血だらけになった姿を子供に見せたら、子供が箸を持って走らなくなった話好き。父親と…
Tech companies: Stop conflating privilege with potential
Socioeconomic status must be part of the “diversity” conversation –– it is underreported and underdiscussed.
Nigeria’s Teesas secures $1.6M, to expand across Africa and launch tutor marketplace
After seven years in the production of electronic gadgets, under his company Imose Technologies, Osayi Izedonmwen took leave to explore an idea that he had toyed with for some time — an edtech startup, Teesas, which now offers video classes and other digital educational material for learners in Nigeria. Teesas, which was launched less than […]
Esports High School Opening In Japan Next Spring
Do you like video games? Are you going to be a high school student in Japan? If you answered “yes” to both, have I got an academic institution for you. This April, as junior high school students across Japan enter high school, a new type of specialty i…
Despite scrapped IPO, Babbel sees fast growth for its language learning service
Berlin-based language learning service Babbel was supposed to IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange in late September. But only a few days before the initial listing the company pulled the plug with an eye on the developing Evergrande debt crisis that made the global stock markets very nervous. It has yet to announce a new […]
“数学勢だけの習性のようです”（掛け算の順）
暴言屋教師まっさん(気分スッキリ！) @masskyo 数学の方々ってなんで算数の話ばっかりに入ってくるの？🤭 数学の中では下の下で、まともに出来るのは算数しかないのかな？って思ってしまったわ🤣 数学得意なら、ちゃんと丁寧に、理論的に、感情的にならず説明してほしいなぁ。 定期的に出てくる害虫みたいにならないでさ…