The definitive history of student Rags has yet to be written; it could do worse than choose for its title one of the commonly heard expletives from bystanders when undergraduates are on the rampage. More...
28 mars 2018
28 mars 2018
How Nixon was dissuaded from introducing a universal basic income
A basic income came close to fruition in the US in 1969 through the unlikely offices of President Nixon, who wanted every American family of four to have, from the state, at least $1,600 dollars a year – that’s $10,000 today. More...
28 mars 2018
L’enseignement de l’histoire, cette « passion française »
Annoncez un changement de programmes d’histoire et vous soulèverez une nuée de commentaires éclairés, de micros-trottoirs et de propos d’experts autoproclamés dont la plupart ont ceci en commun de n’avoir quasiment pas, voire jamais, enseigné ou de n’avoir plus mis les pieds dans une salle de classe depuis leur passé d’élève. La formule sonne désormais comme une ritournelle : l’histoire est une « passion française » comme en témoignent les innombrables usages et mésusages dont elle fait l’objet. Plus...
27 mars 2018
Horrible Histories: bringing children an irreverent take on the past for 25 years
My children watch Horrible Histories on television every day. And they are not alone. So thanks to the extraordinarily talented people who make the programme – and the creators of the books that spawned it – every single day children actively engage with the past. More...
27 mars 2018
Culture of trust is key for school safety
When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming book, “Navigating Conflict: How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School,” back in 1995, students were free to move about campus during lunch and other free periods and a culture of trust prevailed. More...
27 mars 2018
The Byzantine history of Putin’s Russian empire
The eagle was, if we travel 1,800 years back in time, the imperial symbol of the Byzantine Empire. It is still at the core of Orthodox Christianity — Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian — throughout the world. More...
26 mars 2018
Fed Up
By John Warner. There are two stories in the news which reveal the power of people who are mad as hell and can’t take it anymore. More...
26 mars 2018
31 Years, 11 Months
By John Warner. I was last on the Duke University campus 31 years 11 months ago, when I was visiting my older brother during my high school spring break, which happened to coincide with my 16th birthday and my brother’s 20th. More...
25 mars 2018
TIAA Initiative Seeks to Identify 'Difference Makers'
By Doug Lederman. TIAA is recognizing its 100th anniversary by giving away $1 million to 100 "difference makers" who work in the academic and nonprofit worlds, the financial services company announced. More...
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