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Universities are letting students take classes over again—a consequence of the pressure schools feel to ensure their “customers” are satisfied. Via Peter Mellow
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"But policies adopted under conditions where all sides have a right to be heard carry the legitimacy they do precisely because free discussion and debate increase people’s confidence in the conclusions that are ultimately reached.... Whether in science, in a criminal trial, or in society at large, there is no reason to trust a conclusion that was reached without access to and consideration of all of the relevant information—the very information that censors wish to suppress.... Trying to see the argument from the other side is hard work. But then, governing a heterogeneous nation of more than 300,000,000 is hard work, and in our political system, we all share in that responsibility."
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On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation.
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Mexico struggles to recover from the 2014 oil bust as gang violence, declining production and crime within its state-owned oil company PEMEX hold back upstream investment Via Igor Espanhol
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July 1, 2018 10:00 PM
"Mexico had been struggling with declining oil and gas production for years before Enrique Pena Nieto’s government passed a major energy sector reform in 2013. The timing of the reform was ill-fated, however. The changed went into effect in 2014 as prices began to slide, dampening foreign investor appetite for Mexican oil and gas exploration."
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Who gets to decide what kids learn? For whose benefit is all this, really? We make learning visible for the people who get to decide. But, what if we could invisibilize learning? Via Edumorfosis
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"If you have been on social media this week, you have seen screenshots of this week’s CBS News broadcast on Syria, which in fact displayed a map of Iran. Many jokes were made, many tweets went viral. As connoisseurs of hilariously wrong TV news maps, this is nothing. Kids’ stuff. We have dug deep into our collection, gathered lovingly over the years, and now invite you to follow along on a tour of the world according to TV news."
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In this essay, Professor Wasserman discusses the First Amendment implications of recent controversies over offensive and profane cheering speech at college spor
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Ask online students about the most important factors in choosing to enroll in a particular academic program, and total tuition and fees tops the list. Price clearly matters -- a lot. Via Edumorfosis
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By going test-optional, the University of Chicago just caused a disturbance in The Force.
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Per a recent announcement, Google is entering the college search space. In a blog post, the tech company announced a new search feature where student
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Are you considering taking an online course? If all your previous learning experiences were in the traditional face-to-face (or analog) classroom, then it’s quite understandable if you’re somewhat apprehensive at the thought of pursing elearning. Via Edumorfosis
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The cost of college is a notoriously complex subject. The list price at many private colleges, including tuition, fees, room and board, has reached the bewildering sum of $70,000 a year. But the real price, taking into account financial aid, is often vastly lower. Via Edumorfosis
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Facebook flagged the Declaration of Independence as hate speech because of the not-so-nice things stated within the document about King George III.
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Since 2005, the US Peace Memorial Foundation has directed a nationwide effort to honor Americans who stand for peace by publishing the US Peace Registry, awarding an annual Peace Prize, and planning for the US Peace Memorial in Washington, DC. These projects help move the United States toward a culture of peace by recognizing thoughtful and courageous Americans and U.S. organizations that have taken a public stand against one or more U.S. wars or who have devoted their time, energy, and other resources to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts. We celebrate these role models to inspire other Americans to speak out against war and to work for peace.
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In spring 2018, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased1.3 percent from the previous spring. Figure1 shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments decreased among four-year for-profit institutions (-6.8 percent), two-year public institutions (-2.0 percent), four-year private nonprofit institutions (-0.4 percent), and four-year public institutions (-0.2 percent). Taken as a whole, public sector enrollments (two year and four-year combined) declined by 0.9 percent this spring. Via Edumorfosis
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The supply disruptions in Libya could last longer than previously thought, tightening oil markets as driving season boosts crude demand Via Igor Espanhol
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July 1, 2018 9:56 PM
"Oil prices responded to the news, but traded up only modestly. In contrast, oil prices spiked in early May when the Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, which at the time, was thought to lead to the disruption of around 400,000 bpd of Iranian supply. In other words, the expected Iran outage – which hadn’t even happened yet – added several dollars to the price of crude while an outage in Libya of similar size barely moved the market."
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The mind doesn’t follow the facts. Facts, as John Adams put it, are stubborn things, but our minds are even more stubborn. Doubt isn’t always resolved in the face of facts for even the most enlightened among us, however credible and convincing those facts might be. Via Mel Riddile
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Having a wallet, a pile of the folding stuff, a pineapple in our pockets has been our habit for generations. But after thousands of years, we've gone cash-free. This be one of the swiftest and most pain-free social transformations we've experienced, James Valentine writes. Via NextLearning
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Gen Z’s present has always been one marked by upheaval and rapid change — economic, social and technological — with their futures imperilled by big problems like global warming, international terrorism and resource scarcity. But as they contend with, and build upon, the legacies of past cohorts, they are also laying the foundations for their own.
Previous Posts in the Series:
7. Generation Z and the rise of digital influencers as celebrities
6. Generation Z and the (achievable) dream jobs they want
5. Generation Z — Online, connected and set on fixing the world
4. Generation Z isn’t interested in dating or sex — or so we thought
3. Generation Z: Waiting — often months — to get mental health help
2. Is generation Z glued to technology? ‘It’s not an addiction; it’s an extension of themselves’
1. Generation Z: Make room for Canada’s connected, open and optimistic generation
Via John Evans
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Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education...
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The U.S. population is projected to grow slowly, to age considerably, and to become more racially and ethnically diverse in coming decades.
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A new report by Education Resource Strategies found that teacher compensation has been largely stagnant over the past few decades.
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Today, much of our knowledge, and sense making, takes place within our communities. Multiple, overlapping, often conflicted, social structures. Historically, we would access knowledge directly, but on the right hand side of the illustration, i’ve tried to capture something of the dynamic of how we access it today. Clearly we interact directly, but there are also layers of social filtering, social amplification, and social validation (and be clear that i am not saying that all of these things are good!). To large extent, the knowledge that we access it both influenced by our community, and constricted by it, but also processed and filtered. Via David Hain
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Aligned with James Banks' "knowledge construction" dimension of multicultural education
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To save money and help with teacher recruitment, more schools are taking Fridays off. Here's the newest research on four-day school weeks.
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