Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Education
02/07/2022
New program is sending free copies of challenged books to Missourians
Program organizers say the books most frequently challenged by school districts are works of historically excluded identity groups.
02/08/2022
Puerto Rico teachers will get $1K a month salary boost
The move comes just days after 70% of public school teachers left their classrooms and joined a protest for better conditions. Salaries had not increased in 13 years.
02/08/2022
More Black women are leading U.S. law schools and changing the conversation on race and gender
A rising cohort of new leaders want to help their institutions better understand the country’s history and how it inextricably shapes the law today.
02/09/2022
People who work at Dollywood will soon be eligible for free tuition
Dollywood employees looking to further their education will soon be eligible for free tuition, books and fees for select programs.
02/03/2022
Why the Classics: Roosevelt Montás on Rescuing Socrates
When Roosevelt Montás was growing up in Cabmita Garabitos, a town in the Dominican Republic he describes as “pre-industrial,” the life of an American public intellectual and Columbia University professor must have seemed very far away.
01/15/2022
Romania pushes to add climate change education in schools
Romania’s president wants to add sections on climate change and environmental issues to the national school curriculum to enable students to learn more about the challenges the world faces from climate change.
01/18/2022
N.J. mandates teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander history in schools
New Jersey becomes the second state to sign teaching AAPI history into law, after Illinois last year.
01/14/2022
Opinion: Saving Classics From Identity Politics
Underprivileged students have much to gain from entry into the larger intellectual culture that has molded Western societies.
01/03/2022
Illinois women’s prison offers a new chance at a degree
Prison education programs across the country have long overlooked incarcerated women, offering fewer courses and degree options. Northwestern University is hoping to change that.
01/03/2022
Opinion: The vanishing case for student loan forgiveness
Student loan forgiveness is back in the news since the Biden administration decided to again extend the repayment holiday.This is a topic where I think the facts have changed considerably since Slow Boring’s debut in mid-November of 2020, and as a result I have changed my mind.
12/02/2021
College Cartels and Facebook Follies (with Scott Galloway)
Preet interviews Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, and host of The Prof G Show and Pivot. They talk about how the pandemic has changed the nature of work, the cartel-like behavior exhibited by elite higher ed institutions, and what to do about Facebook.
11/22/2021