GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - September 2017

The main topic this month is Education.

This is one of the main articles - all about how education is becoming a big business. Read about why this is a problem for our children and our society:

• Bad Education: why we need to change it

From this month's magazine:

How many children in the world go to school? Do more boys than girls go to school? When will it be possible for all children to have education?

• Education is leaving behind many children

There is war in Yemen and the teachers have no salaries and very little food but they still teach their school children. Read about the wonderful work they are doing:

• Keeping schools open in Yemen

Can quality education be cheap? Read about the private Bridge schools in Uganda - are they really helping to educate poor families?

• In Uganda parents must choose between government schools or private schools – both have their problems

In the 1960s a Colombian teacher had a new idea about how to put children at the centre of education. Read how he started it and how it helps children:

• Revolution in the classroom: Escuela Nueva

Newspapers love to write about the differences bewteen men and women. A lot of science tells us there are no real differences. What is the truth?

• Are there really differences between men and women?

From this month's blogs:

There has been a lot of violence in India, for example people saying Muslims have eaten beef and then attacking them. Read more:

• Time to stand against the violence in India

Do you eat meat? Why is it important to stop eating meat to stop climate change?

• To stop climate change, we need to eat less meat

Why do poor people always suffer so much more in natural disasters? The storms don't choose who suffers, but society does:

• Why natural disasters are not natural