Israel's War on Children
By Chris Hedges Chris Hedges sits down with author and activist Laila el-Haddad to discuss the psychological repression of Gaza's youth by Israeli state violence and occupation. CHRIS HEDGES, HOST,...
View ArticleIvy League Professor Gives Students the Alf Test
Here’s a way to find out whether the class is reading the syllabus: A Columbia professor tells The Daily Beast how he stuck in a requirement for pictures of the ’80s sitcom alien. Like a lot of...
View ArticleAt the Mercy of Fools: Mohamedou Slahi’s Sojourn in Guantanamo
Mohamedou Ould Slahi first appeared on the radar of American intelligence in 2000. Slahi, a Mauritanian, was then living in Montreal, and attended the same mosque as Ahmed Ressam, who tried in 2000 to...
View ArticleVisual Artists Use Computers, Other Objects as Canvas (University of Central...
(Source: University of Central Florida) During his senior year at UCF, Joe Rosa, '11, knew he didn't want to be just another name on a resume, which could easily end up being filed away or thrown in...
View ArticleAt the Mercy of Fools: Mohamedou Slahi’s Sojurn in Guantanamo
Mohamedou Ould Slahi first appeared on the radar of American intelligence in 2000. Slahi, a Mauritanian, was then living in Montreal, and attended the same mosque as Ahmed Ressam, who tried in 2000 to...
View ArticleNondriver loves Google's driverless car
Google's not-so-secret special projects lab, Google X, is housed in an old shopping mall near Mountain View, Calif. Its rooftop, once a parking lot, is used as a test track for its not-so-secret...
View ArticleInside-Out: Where Campus Life Meets Prison Life
2:31 PM ET Gabrielle Emanuel i Inmates talk with professors about how to teach classes in the Inside-Out program, where half the students are prisoners and half are traditional college students....
View ArticleTeaching and transforming our students (The University of Toledo)
(Source: The University of Toledo) Teaching and transforming our students Well, here we are at the start of another school year filled with excitement, hope, energy, and an opportunity to make a real...
View ArticleCommon Core requires a new kind of teacher
To the editor: The Times' articles on teacher evaluation based on the new Common Core standardized test scores released last week do not illuminate the real problem facing American education today: How...
View ArticleDifferentiation is out. Mastery is the new classroom buzzword
A dose of eastern-inspired mastery has entered schools. Roy Blatchford discusses the new approach and how could it affect learning...
View ArticleThis Is How You Deal With Homophobia In the Classroom
I'm From Driftwood is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit archive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stories. New stories are posted on the site every Wednesday. Alexa Espinal is 23 years old and had...
View ArticleClara Amfo: why I gave freshers' week a miss
The voice of BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge loved her university course – but was less keen on the cheesiness of freshers’ week...
View ArticleGoldsmiths welcomes new joint-head of MA Computer Games Art and Design...
(Source: Goldsmiths, University of London) 2015-09-23 10:20:21 Goldsmiths welcomes new joint-head of MA Computer Games Art and Design This week we welcome our first cohort of students to the new MA in...
View ArticleSyrian refugees find rare path to Chicago
CHICAGO (Tribune News Service) — For nearly four years, Fatima and Fadi Adris and their family have been fleeing the brutal civil war in their native Syria. Before their world collapsed around them,...
View ArticleMissouri S&T personalizes English class for each student (Missouri University...
(Source: Missouri University of Science & Technology) This fall, students taking English 1160 at Missouri University of Science and Technology are finding their studies have more practical...
View ArticleEducation Remarks by Mayor Bill de Blasio, "Equity and Excellence", as...
(Source: City of New York, NY) September 16, 2015 Thank you, Mariela. Mariela turned 26 yesterday - let's all wish her a happy birthday! And at 26, she has so much to be proud of. She strove for what...
View ArticleVocational colleges preying on retirees in trawl for government cash
In his 87 years, Warwick Martell has developed a fine nose for bulldust, and as he sat through the first session of his new training course at the Lakes Estate retirement village, he caught a strong...
View ArticleThe joy, envy and emasculation of being a stay-at-home dad
I'd just finished singing my nearly-2-year-old son, Jude, to sleep for his midday nap. I was busy congratulating myself on being such a superstar dad, when he suddenly let out a piercing cry and...
View ArticleScience-minded twins shoot for the moon
Hadley and Delaney Robertson have always loved tinkering with Legos and Snap Circuits. The twins always wanted to learn how things work, then share what they know with others. That's exactly why they...
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