Of Kids and Education

I've always believed that few people impact on others as much as teachers. Good or bad, they can leave a deep impression that influences...

Today in the Straits Times is an article on the decline of Literature students . It's not the first time they've reported on this an...

In an embarrassing piece of news, MAS gets the name of first president Mr Yusof Ishak wrong on the folder and booklet of a $50 commemorative...

Last week, the RI Principal gave a speech exhorting Rafflesians to guard against elitism. Which was welcomed by the community at large but a...

I hope everyone had a relaxing Jubilee weekend! Well, except for the upcoming PSLE kids whose parents must have thought, "aha! Four ext...

A couple of weeks ago, I received an unexpected email. Chan Tat Hon, the chef of the Snack Culture Company , invited me to his restaurant fo...

So earlier this month, MOE did a switcheroo on Youth Day. Instead of the school holiday being on the first Monday of July as in previous yea...

Quite a fair bit of Danger Dan excitement for us over the past few days. First, the stocks of Secrets of Singapore arrived at Epigram Books...

I shared this story from Boston Magazine on the Of Kids and Education Facebook page over the weekend. The article talks about many issues...

For the past month or so, over the June holidays, Lesley-Anne and I have been busy putting to bed this baby: Yup, it's another Dange...