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Why I’m not allowed my book title
It’s called The Book of Negroes in Canada – but Americans won’t buy that term Are we on the same page? … Novelist Lawrence Hill It isn’t unusual for British or Canadian books to change titles when entering the American market. It happened to JK Rowling – Harry Potter has no “philosopher’s” stone in the […]
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When Class Became More Important to a Child’s Education Than Race
SARAH GARLANDAUG 28 2013, On a weekday afternoon in July, Jessica Klaitman pulled her 16-month-old daughter Hannah out of a stroller in the lobby of the New York Kids Club, a “child-enrichment center” with four classrooms, a dance studio, and gym space in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.
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When Spell-Check Can’t Help
Our latest roundup of homophone problems includes a number of very familiar entries. Sharp-eyed readers catch them; we should, too. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/when-spell-check-cant-help-20/
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Only a few countries are teaching children how to think
Education standards Best and brightest Only a few countries are teaching children how to think The Economist, Aug 17th 2013 |From the print edition The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way. By Amanda Ripley.Simon and Schuster; 320 pages; $28. BAMA Companies has been making pies and biscuits in Oklahoma since the 1920s. […]
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It’s in its right place: how to use apostrophes – the winning haiku. | Mind your language
Some of the best entries from last week’s International Apostrophe Day haiku competition Here are my 10 favourite entries from last week’s competition for International Apostrophe Day. Entrants had to tweet an apostrophe-themed haiku. @Artellus worked out that the tagline #apostropheday had the right number of syllables: Just one haiku each? If so, don’t count […]
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Decline in French Language Skills Worry Academics in Madagascar
In the former French colony of Madagascar, the French language continues to play an important role in education, particularly at university level. French and Malagasy are the official languages in the Indian Ocean Island.