EW August 2020

Editorial

• First positive report on private schools
• Reversing India’s descent into anarchy

Letter from the Editor

• Letter from the Editor

Mailbox

• Disastrous consequences

Education News

• Delhi: Yet another quota
• Karnataka: Syllabus pruning row
• Maharashtra: Exams U-turn
• Tamil Nadu: Soft quota option
• They said it in July
• West Bengal: NEP 2020 words war

Education Notes

• Puducherry: Pondicherry college upgraded

Young Achiever

• Nikhil Ramachandran
• Shrivalli Ghosh

Books

• Lost opportunity: The Lost Decade
• Mandatory reading: Good Economics for Hard Times

Postscript

• Overdue land reform
• Talent graveyard elegy
• Too big boots

Teacher-2-teacher

• New technologies curative

Expert Comment

• Edtech can empower NEP 2020

Institution Profile

• Central Public School, Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Princeton University, USA

International News

• China: Student bargaining chips
• Global: IT companies threat
• Global: Massive pandemic cost
• United Kingdom: History revisionism debate
• United States: Remediation strategies
• United States: Reopening hesitation

Special Report

• 25 Leaders reinventing K-12 education
• EducationWorld Higher Education Grand Jury Awards 2020-21

People

• Energetic entrepreneur: Praveen Tyagi
• Full STEAM ahead: Siddharth Mathur; National Academy of Science and Creative Arts
• High-flying vice chancellor: Dr. Yogeshwar Kosta

Special Essay

• Online teaching-learning blindspots

Spotlight Feature

• Billabong High International School, Noida
• Fliplearn: “National Education Policy 2020 is a transformative document”
• National Education Policy 2020 — Reimagining Higher Education & Rewriting the Future of Young India