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Why Centralizing Education is Bad for St. Martin
The full title if this article by Rhoda Arrindell (shared by House of Nehesi Pubslishers) is “Why Centralizing Education is Bad for St. Martin and St. Martiners, in Both Territories (Part 1).”
It is no mystery that when a nation wants to measure its growth and development as a nation, it looks at the outputs of its education system to see if the investments in education have yielded the expected returns. This should be no different for St. Martin.
Considering the investments in education in St. Martin over the years (from 1849 in the North and 1850 in the South) and with the recent announcement by The Hague that it will move to centralize education, among other areas, in St. Martin, I believe this is an opportune time for us to more closely examine the efforts and outputs of our education system(s). Such an examination would permit us to see how the latest attempts by Europe will impact the growth of the St. Mart
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The U.S. Mission is accepting applications for the 2022 Fulbright African Research Scholar Program- deadline May 7, 2021. This award funds African university faculty, administrators, and research institute professionals to conduct postdoctoral research or curriculum development and research at a U.S. academic or research institution. Programs involving dissertation research or general professional travel are not eligible. Curriculum development grants contribute to the development of new courses, curricula, or programs upon the participant’s return to her/his home institution.
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Applicants should have a productive scholarly record and a specific project statement directly related to their on-going teaching and/or research responsibilities. Funding is normally for one term /semester of about four months. Longer grants may be poss
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