PDK Poll: Teacher recruitment, pre-K among parents’ top policy priorities

Aug 27, 2020

Dive Brief: The 52nd annual Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, released Tuesday, finds six out of 10 respondents calling public education “extremely” or “very” important in their 2020 election decisions, and 53% saying they disapprove of President Donald Trump’s education policy performance.  Among priorities parent respondents would […]

Westwin signs strategic partnership with UK Education Guide

Aug 27, 2020

Under the agreement, Westwin (formerly Microsoft China) will create a brand new website hosted in China and targeting the Chinese market. The site will launch on 1 October 2020. “We are excited to work with Westwin because of their fresh approach to the market” UK...

UK slips further behind the US in educating world leaders

Aug 27, 2020

The 2020 Soft Power Ranking published by the Higher Education Policy Institute listed 354 world leaders – defined as heads of state and heads of government – and noted that leaders educated in another country is widely regarded as a proxy for ‘soft power’. “As the...