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Nicola Sturgeon’s ambition on education defines her leadership

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Nicola Sturgeon set out her stall right from the start of her tenure as Scotland’s first minister – or, if you’re being less generous, she built a rod for her own back.

Education was to be her number-one priority. It never felt like it had been for her predecessor, Alex Salmond, but when Sturgeon took power unchallenged late in 2014, surf – and fuelling – the surging popularity of the SNP after the independence referendum, she was bold in her ambition for education.

In a defining speech of her early days as FM, in August 2015, Sturgeon said she would

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Changing definition of success in education system a way for S’pore to stay relevant: Chan Chun Sing – Mothership.SG

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Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing gave the opening speech of the Institute of Policy Studies’ (IPS) flagship Singapore Perspectives 2023 conference on Jan. 5.

Chan highlighted five key shifts needed to ensure that Singapore’s education system can remain relevant in an increasingly “connected, yet fragmented world”.

A changing society

Chan opened by talking about the challenging and constantly changing environment that Singapore and Singaporeans find themselves in.

Going forward, society will be shaped by various forces.

As Singapore faces a slowing birth rate, Chan pointed out the growing challenge to

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Montana educators and officials debate educational ‘equity’

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In today’s hot-button debates about public education, even the definition of a single word carries considerable weight.

Last year, California’s public school system became embroiled in controversy over proposed revisions to the state’s guidelines for math education. Advocates defended the changes as an attempt to remedy ongoing achievement gaps for minority and low-income students and to foster more inclusive classrooms for K-12 students. But critics decried the revisions as an effort to infuse math lessons with political rhetoric, and their concerns primarily revolved around one word: equity.

An early draft of the revisions rejected the idea that some students are

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