The envy of the world
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust. Expect that to continue, argue Simon Rabinovitch and Henry Curr
Analysis: ‘The American Economy’ (Oct. 19, 2024)
Tag Archives: Education
Reviews: What Life Is Like At Cambridge University
CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:24 Facts & figures 00:43 Application process 01:24 Fees & finances 03:15 Housing & accommodation 04:47 Student life 06:09 Tips & challenges
Euromaxx reporter Clare Trelawny-Gower takes you to her alma mater to give you the lowdown on how YOU could study at Cambridge. #DWStudyinginEurope #DWEuromaxx #Cambridge
Education: “Schooling’s Stagnation” – July 13, 2024
Must try harder
Schools in rich countries are making poor progress. They need to get back to basics, argues Mark Johnson
Schools in rich countries are making poor progress
Hanging on to the best of them is getting harder
The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose
Will artificial intelligence transform school?
Efforts to teach character bring promise and perils
England’s school reforms are earning fans abroad
Inside Tour: Gilder Center At The American Museum Of Natural History In NYC
Preview: MIT Technology Review – May/June 2023
Teachers in Denmark are using apps to audit their students’ moods
Companies say the software can help improve well-being, but some experts worry it could have the opposite effect.
How AI is helping historians better understand our past
The historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze how people lived centuries ago.
It’s an evening in 1531, in the city of Venice. In a printer’s workshop, an apprentice labors over the layout of a page that’s destined for an astronomy textbook—a dense line of type and a woodblock illustration of a cherubic head observing shapes moving through the cosmos, representing a lunar eclipse.
Covers: New York Times Magazine – Sept 11, 2022
The 9.11.22 Issue – The Education Issue
In this Education Issue, Sarah Viren on a campus clash in a multicultural center that became a viral nightmare for Arizona State University; Daniel Bergner on a superintendent in northern Michigan who spoke up about race in a politically divided school district; Erika Hayasaki on book bans in Texas town; Charley Locke on the $190 billion Covid windfall for schools; and more.
Cover: The Architectural Review – September 2022
AR September 2022
As students all over the world head back to school this month, this issue maps the different sites for learning – both inside and outside academic institutions. From rainforests to classrooms to disused water basins, spaces for education come in all different forms, but face similar challenges and are subjected to the same damaging forces: of marketisation, racism and colonialism, and asymmetries of power. Architecture schools are no exception, as this issue lays bare.
Wolff Architects | Alison Brooks Architects | Feilden Fowles| Níall McLaughlin Architects | Wright & Wright | Henley Halebrown | Comunal | Raumlabor | Joar Nango | bell hooks
Previews: The New Review Magazine – August 14, 2022
Featuring Zadie Smith, @parislees, @lindasgrant, @TulipSiddiq, @DJYodaUK, @iNikeshPatel, @theJeremyVine, Sarah Waters & more.
MIT Engineering: The Design Of Living Things
In MIT class, 2.788 Mechanical Engineering and Design of Living Systems students explore how mechanics, structure, and materials intersect with biology by studying butterflies at every stage of their metamorphosis. Associate Professor Ming Guo and Associate Professor Mathias Kolle take a cross-disciplinary approach to introduce students to the engineering behind biological systems.
Education: Can Science Help Poor Kids Earn More?
The wide gap in development between rich and poor children could be closed with the help of neuroscience. Might a controversial focus on genetics also help? Film supported by @Mishcon de Reya LLP
Video timeline: 00:00– The achievement gap between rich and poor kids 00:55 – Words matter in childhood development 03:16 – Conversation can combat childhood inequality 05:09 – Can genetics help close the achievement gap? 07:30 – Genetics can be controversial
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