President Obama and his education team under the leadership of the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, are taking appropriate steps to support the teaching profession. The aim is to …
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Nigeria is a challenging place to live, work, or travel. Oil rich, the country still falls desperately short of meeting the educational needs of its children. But the kids are …
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Since President Obama became president of the United States in 2009, the federal government has increased its influence and involvement in public education particularly in elementary and secondary education…
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A performance evaluation does not necessarily guarantee effective evaluation or the competence of a teacher. Other multiple evaluative data sources such as student evaluation, peer evaluation, independent evaluation, are also …
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There is a consensus that the world has become increasingly interconnected, interdependent and violent. Leaders around the world need to acquire the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to inspire their …
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The Miami-Dade County Public Schools district is one of the most progressive in America and the most challenging because of its diversity and proximity to South and Central America, including …
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In order to achieve the ideals of Vision 2020, the nation as a whole needs to make a shift in mind-set and in thinking. This shift will begin at the …
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For the past two months, since returning from Nigeria in July after living in America for 30 years, I have been thinking and reflecting on my observations of how the …
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The purpose of this essay is to continue the conversation for the transformation of sports in Nigeria as part of the movement in the Diaspora to contribute to national growth …
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Almost a decade into the 21st century, Nigeria has not found a sustainable solution to the myriad problems facing education in spite of the development dollars coming to it from …
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There is a movement in Nigeria to reach out to Nigerians in the Diaspora. This movement is gaining momentum within the National Assembly and elsewhere…
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I join my colleagues in the Nigerian sports community who have expressed deep joy and words of support to Chief Segun Odegbami, one of the most influential former national stars, …
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Minister Ndanusa has pledged to reengineer the sports industry, a sector plagued with corruption, mismanagement, and gross neglect. This paper discusses Ndanusa’s vision for sports development within the context of …
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My intent here is to show that tennis improvement and sports development is a long process that requires deep and careful thought, and it involves a lot of other things…
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For almost 20 years, I have observed events unfold in Nigeria without any means of influencing what goes on there. Today, the story is being rewritten…
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of politics and privatization on sports development in Nigeria, within the context of the recent pronouncements by Patrick Ekeji, that …