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Cheshmeh-Ali
How an ancient spring is disappearing
Quran Advice on Human Relations
The Holy Quran gives us deep and abundant advice on dealing with people.
Anxiety disorders affecting more kids
Ask any parent dealing with a child with anxiety and they will tell you the struggle is real. And it's real for more families than you might think.
Teachers role in students' academic success pivotal
Previous research has shown that teachers play a pivotal role in their students' academic success — or lack thereof.
Iran in UNESCO
* World Heritage Sites in Iran*
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in 157 countries around the world. There are several Iranian historic sites registered in its list of World Heritage. Some of them belong to pre-Islam Iran and some to post-Islam Iran. UNESCO has designated 19 sites in Iran as World Heritage Sites. Iran has also registered 10 elements on the lists of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2009:
Our digital addictions are killing our kids
In August 2016, I wrote an editorial for The Post about ‘digital heroin’, where I compared the addictive potential of screens — video games, social media, smart phones — to that of a drug like heroin.
'Undermatched' students less likely to graduate on time compared to peers
‘Undermatching’ is a term to describe when high-performing students, typically from economically-disadvantaged households, attend less competitive colleges than their qualifications permit.
Why teams perform better with divergent perspectives
Team members aren’t always going to agree with leaders’ goals and strategies — but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In certain circumstances, having disagreement among teams, and the discourse that this disagreement elicits, can translate into success for certain types of teams who are tackling complex problems, according to researchers from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, and Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business.
Parents' mental health issues may spoil children's friendships
Parenting styles and a parent’s mental health problems, particularly depression, play a role in a child’s ability to keep friends in elementary school, suggested a recent study in Finland.
The realization of the goals of the Transformation Document is in the coordination of all sectors of education
"According to the document these six areas are: 1. Religious and moral education 2. Political and social education 3. Biological and physical education 4. Artistic and aesthetic education 5. Professional and economic education 6. Scientific and technological education
Muslims Prepare to Celebrate Ramadan
Ramadan is one of the most important holidays for Muslims. This marks the ninth month of lunar calendar in Islam
Dangerous challenges on social media are becoming much more common among teens.
Dangerous challenges on social media are becoming much more common among teens.
Child slavery refuses to disappear in Latin America
Child labor has been substantially reduced in Latin America, but 5.7 million children below the legal minimum age are still working and a large proportion of them work in precarious, high-risk conditions or are unpaid, which constitute new forms of slave labor.
Deaf children losing out as English councils cut support
More than a third of councils in England are cutting educational support totaling £4 million for deaf children, according to figures obtained by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS).
Schools tackle teacher shortages with online language classes from overseas
Sitting in a regional western Australian classroom the last thing you would expect to hear is the hustle and bustle of the lively streets of Beijing.
Teachers told not to ask children what they did at the weekend
Teachers have been told not to ask a classroom of children what they did at the weekend an attempt to ‘poverty proof’ schools.