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Posted inCommentary, education, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Closing the Loop on Diabetes

by Carolyn Wells February 21, 2020October 19, 2022

Open source code could be the key to transforming the life of diabetics.

Jonathan Mooney
Posted inAudio, Books, education, Podcasts

Normal Sucks: Author Jonathan Mooney on How Schools Fail Kids with Learning Differences

by heymarkarms December 17, 2019October 19, 2022

“We are in a sort of remediation industrial complex.”

Posted inNonfiction

Paul Clarke Wants to Live

by Rebecca Tan September 3, 2019January 27, 2023

When a promising student left a neighborhood full of heroin for the University of Pennsylvania, it should have been a moving story. But what does an at-risk student actually need to thrive — or even just to survive?

Posted inCulture, education, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Why Can’t California Public Schools Quit Teaching a Eurocentric Version of State History?

by Aaron Gilbreath May 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Despite decades of effort, activists are still trying to get California public schools to teach an accurate history of the state’s indigenous people and the cruelties of European settlement.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, education, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Intelligent Education’ and China’s Grand AI Experiment

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 29, 2019October 19, 2022

Seven schools in China have installed facial recognition technology in classrooms to monitor — and score — their students. At The Disconnect, Yujie Xue reports on this “intelligent education” initiative.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, education, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

‘Stanford Is the Valley’: On Grooming Tech’s Next Generation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Amid controversies and unethical practices, tech giants like Facebook and Google are no longer dream companies to work for.

Posted inCrime, Current Events, education, Nonfiction, Story

The Battle Over Teaching Chicago’s Schools About Police Torture and Reparations

by Peter C. Baker February 7, 2019October 19, 2022

A little-known city law has educators figuring out how to talk to eighth and tenth grade students about the history of Chicago police abuse.

Posted ineducation, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

‘I Was Restricting Myself to This One Country All This Time’: An Immigrant’s Search for Work in the U.S.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 24, 2019October 19, 2022

As a result of Trump-era immigration policies, fewer highly skilled and educated legal immigrants — like 26-year-old Akirt Sridharan from India — are being hired by U.S. companies, despite their qualifications.

Posted ineducation, Featured, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

A Long, Lasting Influence on Educational Equity

by Anna Katherine Clemmons September 6, 2018October 19, 2022

As the Philadelphia Eagles start the 2018-19 NFL season, defensive end Chris Long is also committed to making wins off the field by creating educational equity for students in the United States.

Unisphere
Posted ineducation, Highlight, Quotes, Science & Nature, Technology

The Future of Decisions

by Catherine Cusick August 14, 2018October 19, 2022

If humans can’t decide, “the future of life will be decided at random.”

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