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What Lessons Do Decrepit School Buildings Teach Children?
Extending the concept of the physical environment, imagine a child's learning environment as a three-legged stool.
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Is the Digital Revolution Turning Education Into a Ponzi Scheme?
Technologists and venture capitalists ignore the consequences of replacing workers with machines at laborers' peril.
US Educators Stand Against US-Backed Repression in Egypt
Members of the academic community in the US speak out against a regime that has targeted academics and students.
What Is Your First Memory on Race?
I was called "a good Mexican" or "not like the rest of them" by students and teachers alike.
Fighting Institutional Racism: Insights From Providence College
From Mizzou to Yale, campus protests have arisen in the backdrop of the larger Black Lives Matter movement.
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How to Educate a Generation of Syrian Refugees? Makeshift Classrooms and the Teacher Next Door
In response to overcrowded public schools in countries neighboring Syria, caravan schools provide refugees with free education to keep them from falling behind.
What Should Progressive Education Reform Look Like?
Education policy continues to plod along as usual with the same recirculation and repackaging of reforms.
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The Wars in Our Schools: An Ex-Army Ranger Finds a New Mission
Confronting the attacks on education in the US should also mean trying to interrupt that school-to-military pipeline.
Despite Public Education’s Gains, a Widening Cultural Lag Remains
One wonders how the current model of K-12 education can transition fast enough to keep up or whether it can keep up at all.
Helena Norberg-Hodge: For Personal and Planetary Well-Being, Localize the Economy
Helena Norberg-Hodge explains how localizing the economy would address economic inequality, climate change and other crises.