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Conspiracy Theories
The Associated Press has put together a great resource on conspiracy theories. The resource covers examples and analysis for researchers. This would seem a great starting point for educators. The resources strives to be politically neutral and includes a historical … Continue reading
Congress and Online Sexual Exploitation
Perhaps you saw parts of the grilling of some tech executives as part of committee hearings related to Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Act. The committee had arranged to have parents of children who had committed suicide … Continue reading
Big tech squeezing out universities
This is a recent Swisher podcast and is relevant to the discussion of power of big tech. Fei Fei Li is a prominent AI researcher. One of the more interesting issues from this discussion was Li’s effort to describe how … Continue reading
Is something wrong with higher education?
I am concerned that political pressures and market forces are narrowing the goals of colleges and universities, steering these institutions towards an approach focused predominantly on job preparation. However, is this focus on career readiness truly the sole purpose of … Continue reading
K12 Curricular Wars
Larry Cuban, a writer frequently addressing historical issues in education, recently addressed the multiple recurring controversies in education and wondered without resolution why these battles (e.g., the recent National political interest in how reading is taught in the elementary grades) … Continue reading
Apple News+
I have discovered the solution to a problem that has baffled me and others probably found to be no challenge. I often encounter references to news articles that appear to interest me, but when I try to read the articles … Continue reading