
Utah regula el acceso de los menores a las redes sociales
Acceder a TikTok, Instagram y otras redes sociales deberá tener permiso parental
La semana pasada se ha firmado la Ley de Notificación a los Padres en las Redes Sociales (Social Media Parental Notification Act), en el estado de Utah, al oeste de EE. UU.&...

Andorra, tres sistemas educativos en un mismo país
Educación física y plurilingüismo como ejes transversales
Andorra es un país tradicionalmente conocido por sus pistas de esquí en el que la nieve está presente casi la mitad del año, sin embargo, hay algo más que la disting...

Educación en Rusia
El sistema educativo que transformó a Occidente
Editorial La educación en Rusia ha sido determinante en la construcción de aquello en que se ha convertido hoy ese país: el innombrable «lord Voldemort» de la ...

¿Cómo postularse para acceder a las mejores universidades del mundo?
Cómo crear un buen perfil de estudiante más allá de las calificaciones
Tima Batstone, redactora en INÈDIT EDUCACIÓN y orientadora estudiantil para el acceso a universidades altamente competitivas, explica en este artículo qué universidades son...

Ucrania reabre el sesenta por ciento de las escuelas
La ratio de alumnos depende de la capacidad del refugio antiaéreo
Febrero pasado fue testigo de un hecho triste e insólito que afectó a toda Europa. La invasión rusa de Ucrania fue un suceso que cambió el destino de miles de per...

No es una heroína, es una profesora
Profesora de infantil pone a salvo a su clase después de ser disparada
El pasado viernes una noticia apareció en todos los medios de prensa: un niño de seis años había disparado en el pecho a su profesora. Todo ocurrió en la Richne...

La educación en Qatar
Contrastes que condicionan el rendimiento académico
El sistema educativo público en Qatar es gratuito para todos los nacionales cataríes y la escolarización es obligatoria en todos los niveles desde la Primaria hasta la Secundaria....

Los padres en EE. UU. no quieren que sus hijos sean profesores
Una tendencia que representa una gran preocupación para la educación norteamericana
El 5 de octubre se celebra el día internacional de los profesores, en EE. UU. lo hicieron con una campaña que llevaba por lema: «La transformación de la educaci&oa...

EE. UU. mejora el sistema de ventilación en los colegios
Crea un fondo de 122 000 millones para mejoras en colegios de Primaria y Secundaria
Un aspecto de la preservación de la salud contra la COVID-19 en escuelas, guarderías e instalaciones educativas es el sistema de ventilación. Tener una buena ventilació...

Some tips to financial education for kids
Build a healthy relationship with money from childhood
Because of the deep economic crisis in 2008, the Spanish educational system has discussed the importance of including the teaching of financial education in schools. However, until now 2022 this discu...

School holidays vary from 6 to 13 weeks
They depend on each country of the European Union
School holidays are periods when schools are closed, except for weekly periods such as weekends. The dates and durations of these periods vary widely across the world. School holidays are much shorter...

Discovering Dylan Wiliam
An activist in education, makes us stop and think
Next September, Dylan Wiliam will be in Barcelona teaching a course on Assessment within the St. Paul's 50Th anniversary celebrations, Richard Russell, Head of Research and Innovation ...

Halloween is nuts:
embrace La Castanyada!
As in the previous article I feel we would be better forgetting the commercial celebration of Halloween and embracing local traditions. They are charming, quaint and full of meaning. Since moving here...

Learning Through Language ( LTL), 1st edition
The conference aimed to share ideas about what it means to educate in a multilingual environment
The first edition of “Learning Through Language: the changing role of teachers” took place this weekend at St Peter’s School and focused on the changing role of the teacher. The conf...

CICAE – Association of Private Independent Schools
The standard of private independent education
Talking with...Elena Cid, managing director of CICAE CICAE (www.cicae.es) was founded in September 2010, created by nine prestigious private and independent establishments. It is cu...

EXAMS DURING RAMADAN
Tips to make the most of Ramadan and to get good marks as well
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar: the name in Arabic is Sawm. Each year the month of Ramadan falls on a different date as it follows the lunar calendar and this means that there are a...

Leaving you squirming
Thread worms Pin worms or lombrices
This is another common childhood infestation in children aged under ten. Thread or Pinworms are 1cm long tiny white threadlike parasitic worms that live in our intestines and are passed on very easily...

The Gypsy People
8th April, International Day of the Gypsy People
Many myths and legends surround the origins of the gypsy people, whose real name is Rhom or Sinti. This community has its origins in the Indian subcontinent although currently the majority of gypsies ...

Palestine woman the best teacher in the world
Hanan Al Hroub from Palestine received her Global Teacher Prize award
On the 13th of March, 2016, Pope Francis announced the 2016 Winner of the Global Teacher Prize in a ceremony held in Dubai, and the winner was: Hanan Al Hroub Hanan grew up in the Palest...

The future for textbooks
New sales models and the changing digital content have shown this sector to be rigid and outdated
Despite the clear protection afforded to publishers of textbooks under Spain’s education policy, textbooks face a changing future. Factors such as the price of books, publishers’ fal...

A new profession: Drone pilot
There are new needs arising and new professions
New technology is causing certain professions to disappear: for example taxi drivers. In five years’ time there will be a driver-free taxi platform in London operating under Uber, the ...

Living with the grandparents: changing times
In Spain grandparents over the age of 65 take care of their grandchildren
Data from Spain’s Health Ministry show that 70% of grandparents over the age of 65 take care of their grandchildren and that 49% do so on a daily basis (2013 data), for a period of between five ...

Castells of Catalunya, “força, equilibri, valor i seny!”
Strength, balance, courage and common sense the aim of Catalan human towers
Castells are over 300 years old. They originated in Valls in southern Catalunya and were originally only popular in the south but in the last 50 years have spread and there are now 60 colles (groups) ...

Another Kind of Christmas
Welcome to Christmas, as we know it, in Asia
Swarthy Santas sailing in across a turquoise lagoon, scantily-clad Santarinas singing Christmas songs (and ringing in the cash tills) in shopping malls and hotel lobbies, giant snowflakes and baubles ...

Street market time in Barcelona
An alternative to do your Christmas shopping with fresh air
Christmas, Street market time in Barcelona It’s Christmas time, which means rainy weather, shorter days and in Barcelona, streets ringing with more life and activity than at any other s...

Singapore – how far can you go?
Is there anyone today who hasn’t heard of Singapore? That little island at the tip of the Malaysian peninsula? As the city state celebrates its 50th birthday all this year, here’s a ...

Crossfit: the enemy of routine
If fitness machines and the loneliness of conventional gyms
If fitness machines, closed spaces, dumbells and the loneliness of conventional gyms bore you, then Crossfit is the sport for you. Its a new concept of multidisciplinary training based on 60 minute...

Interview with Enric Lacalle, President of Barcelona Meeting Point
Foreign investors love Barcelona
“ Besides being an indicator of the sector’s vitality, BMP is also a catalyst for the property sector’s revival and a trendsetter “ “ Since 1997 Barc...

How social media affects us
To be connected, or not to be
Social media can bring joy. It has been a wonderful companion while living overseas. However, I’m realising it can also bring great sadness. August has been a distressing month I was deeply affe...

Welcome to Barcelona!
You are new, school is back! So What should you do?
Firstly, go into Barcelona as much as you can, as eventually life will take over and “exploring” vanishes. Don’t rush to the big attractions: you will visit them repeatedly as ...