Although Arab peoples may revere the study, writing, and teaching of history, their leaders are more likely to view a clash of historians as a source of threat, rather than a source of strength.

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As Pittinsky pointed out, that is quite a different approach from the current one, which assumes little about the knowledge of individual students, teaching the same syllabus to each person that is enrolled in a specific course of study.

CNN: Web brings radical changes to higher education

The study found that the further advantage for Gaelic-speaking children may have been due to the formal teaching of the language and its extensive literature.

BBC: Bilingual children 'better at problem-solving skills'

This rise in prestige has been mirrored by a revamp of undergraduate business programs, with the top ones increasingly resembling MBAs thanks to an emphasis on the rigorous study of economics, statistics and accounting and MBA-like teaching methods using case studies and team exercises.

CNN: Starting out young

The move away from modular exams towards those taken mainly at the end of two years of study would ensure there was better focus on teaching and learning and greater depth of study, Mr Gove said.

BBC: Gove challenged over exam changes by watchdog Ofqual

Washington, a freed slave who walked 500 miles from the mines of West Virginia to study at Hampton, who argued that these colleges should focus on teaching blacks skilled trades and vocations.

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The Department for Education said Mr Gove was determined to make English teaching at primary schools "more rigorous" and was publishing the draft programme of study now for informal consultation.

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