Education

racism

Recently Noted – about racism

August 2, 2017 Comments Off on Recently Noted – about racism
The New York Times reported today (8/2/2017) that the Trump regime has decided to “redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants,….” (see link below for the full article) NPR and others are --->> read more -->>
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economy

The Gig Economy in the Academy – a note

December 29, 2016 Comments Off on The Gig Economy in the Academy – a note
The values of capitalism, especially as expressed through free market (neoliberal) ideology, have come to dominate how we organize our lives. Silicon Valley and the tech sector is busy celebrating the “gig” economy. Companies have simply stopped hiring employees and now conduct much of their work using “temps”, “1099ers”, part-time --->> read more -->>
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education

Education – Miseducation – Human Creativity – TED Talk by Ken Robinson

November 5, 2010 Comments Off on Education – Miseducation – Human Creativity – TED Talk by Ken Robinson
We all have had, some now enduring, experiences in the educational system. Excepting the academic super stars for whom the educational system was designed, most have at best mixed feelings about it. Here is a TED Talk given in 2006 by Ken Robinson: “Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity” It --->> read more -->>