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21 décembre 2017

I resigned from the Social Mobility Commission because of the British government’s dismal record

The constrained opportunities of children who grow up in less affluent households is not just an issue of natural justice but also of wasted talents. In an era of stagnant productivity and wages, poor social mobility represents an economic as well as a social cost to Britain. And Britain’s record on social mobility is among the worst in advanced countries, along with the US and Italy. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Can college ‘promise’ programs deliver?

The Seattle Promise College Tuition program is part of a growing “college promise movement.” More than 200 free college promise programs now operate in 42 states, and many of these programs were created in the last few years. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Five winter adventure stories to build a global mindset

I am a university instructor, teaching child development, early years foundations and cultural competency. A former regional director at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and elementary teacher in Micronesia, I have also travelled the globe witnessing great diversity in how families plan their winter adventures. More...

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21 décembre 2017

The internet is giving a voice to those on the margins – losing net neutrality will take it away

It’s easy to argue that the internet as it exists now is not “neutral”, with some companies and websites creating tech empires and online monopolies. But the decision of US telecoms watchdog, the Federal Communications Commission, to remove regulations that overtly guarantee net neutrality – the basic principle that all information on the internet should be treated equally and should be equally accessible – will certainly not improve matters. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Five great reads to help teens become critical thinkers

Young adults who are, perhaps, still figuring out their needs don’t need to be overburdened with books they won’t like. The last thing we want is for a young reader to get turned off and lose out on the immeasurable benefits reading provides. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Transphobia, Islamophobia and the free speech alibi

While Voltaire may not have actually uttered those words, he did say: “Tolerance has never provoked a civil war; intolerance has covered the Earth in carnage.”
Both sentiments have come into play during recent debates about free speech in two varying contexts: University classes regarding the use of gender-neutral pronouns and in the framing of the House of Commons Motion 103 combating Islamophobia. More...

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21 décembre 2017

How to spot fake news – an expert’s guide for young people

Over the past six months, I’ve been part of a team of researchers and producers from the University of Salford and CBBC Newsround working to understand the impact of fake news on young people living in the UK. More...

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21 décembre 2017

Maths challenge: England has one of the biggest gaps between high and low performing pupils in the developed world

The recent report from the Education Policy Institute and UCL’s Institute of Education shows that England has one of the biggest gaps between high and low performing students in the developed world. Only New Zealand and Turkey have a bigger disparity. More...

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21 décembre 2017

By casting teachers as informants, British counter-extremism policy is promoting violence

The Muslim children in my classroom withdrew from political debate when the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy cast me as an informant.
Prevent infers a duty on all teachers and doctors in England, Scotland and Wales to report signs of so-called “extremism” and “radicalisation” in their pupils and patients. Applying this duty is particularly difficult as “extremism” has not been legally defined by the Home Office. More...

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21 décembre 2017

You’re not going to get accepted into a top university on merit alone

After weeks of negotiation, Harvard University recently agreed to provide the Department of Justice access to its admissions files. The department is reopening a complaint by 63 Asian-American groups that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants. More...

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