The post-WWII United States was at the peak of its soft power. One of its pillars was the American Dream. Every American could expect that his children would be better off – better off in every respect: healthier, longer-lived, better educated, happier, richer – than he was. Seventy years later, this dream seems to be blown to bits.
French Secular State, Judiciary and Education on Trial The October 16, 2020, slaying of French civics teacher, Samuel Paty, drew intensely impassioned responses from the French state, members of the society and, specifically, the Muslim immigrant community, the teacher having shown a naked caricature of the Prophet. Displaying this image from the infamous Charlie Hebdo […]
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Months before he became president, many pointed out that harmful neoliberal policies would continue unabated in K-12 education under a Joe Biden administration. Indeed, there is a long record of both democrats and republicans supporting harmful education policies like high-stakes standardized testing, charter schools, performance-based pay schemes, NCLB, ESSA, and more. But U.S. presidential elections […]
The door is open to think about how we can change our 1800’s education to meet up with or fight against the demands of this upcoming new industrial revolution, Tim Kirby writes.
Every year the billionaire-funded National Alliance for Charter Schools (NAPCS) produces a glossy report ranking state charter school laws. This year’s 72-page report is titled: Measuring up to the model, a ranking of state public charter school laws, twelfth annual edition. The main goal of the report is to rank state charter school laws in […]
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Our mace shaped COVID-19 enemy and its mutations merrily popping up around the United States, ironically has opened up new possibilities for inching beyond the grimy confines of industrial capitalism to new modes of work, learning and being that were initially promised by technocrats at the dawn of the Internet/World Wide Web. Indeed, the Pandemic […]
It will be difficult or even impossible to go back to a system where learning is actually a discipline that requires hard work and dedication.
Written by Dr. Sudhamshi Beeram, Dr. Arathi P Rao and Prof. K Rajasekharan Nayar The disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic has been drastic and perhaps one of the most dramatic transitions witnessed in the education sector. The massive and unexpected closures have forced educational institutions to seek quick fixes in different digital learning platforms (Jandrić, 2020). More than a semester[Read More...]
Prof de Trappes menacé : "Je quitte l'Éducation Nationale" •11 févr. 2021 Sud Radio Philippe Rossi avec Philippe Bilger, Philippe David, Caroline Pilastre et Didier Lemaire, professeur de philosophie à Trappes (Yvelines).
Prof de Trappes menacé : "Je quitte l'Éducation Nationale" •11 févr. 2021 Sud Radio Philippe Rossi avec Philippe Bilger, Philippe David, Caroline Pilastre et Didier Lemaire, professeur de philosophie à Trappes (Yvelines).
