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June 2008, Time Out »

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It is your first day back at school, you enter your class and see a lot of old faces smiling …

May 2008, Time Out »

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Anyone would think a playground is a harmless place. But it is the most common place for injuries considering that …

February 2008, Time Out »

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Teachers and schools are well-acquainted with the intricacies, difficulties and rewards of bringing out the annual school magazine. But what …

Cover Story, October 2008 »

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Why do we Teach Science?

D Balasubramanian
In school, subjects are taught to provide a broad understanding of our world and how it came to be, …

Cover Story, July 2008 »

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Caught Between Two Worlds

Pawan Singh
From home to school and back, classroom to sports ground and back, and then finally to the examination hall, a child travels various distances to be finally considered “educated”.

August 2008, Cover Story »

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Libraries can be Fun

Chintan Girish Modi
In most conceptions of school and places of organized learning, a library is central. In India, where many …

Cover Story, June 2008 »

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Bag to the Future?

Nandini Nayar
Sometime in June, when most schools reopen for the new academic year, you will spot at least a couple …

Cover Story, May 2008 »

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School’s Out, for Summer!

Pavitra Rao
“In the summer time…,” a song blasts from the radio, while you start your day leisurely, sitting down with a hot cup of coffee in your hand, reading the newspaper to catch up on your daily dose of the news.

April 2008, Cover Story »

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Lend Me Your Ears

Zeba Raziunnisa
For years we have been grappling with issues of poor performers, bullied kids, distressed students and teen suicides, but the recent spate of school violence has catapulted a pressing concern into the limelight – Where are we heading?

Cover Story, March 2008 »

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Multiple intelligences: seven ways to  approach curriculum

Thomas Armstrong
I don’t remember how I learned to tell time. So, when I was asked by a Wisconsin school district to develop a multiple intelligences way of teaching time to a group of first graders, I was initially stymied.