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21 mars 2018

Armes à feu : l'Amérique face à ses contradictions

"Never Again" ("Plus jamais ça"). Au lendemain de la tuerie qui a fait dix-sept morts dans un lycée de Parkland (Floride), de  nombreux jeunes Américains continuent à exprimer avec pugnacité leur désespoir et leur colère. Se pourrait-il qu'ils ne soient que la version contemporaine de ces anciens combattants de la Première Guerre mondiale, qui avaient créé des associations "Plus jamais la Guerre" au lendemain du conflit le plus meurtrier de l'histoire ? Vingt ans après, le monde replongeait dans l'horreur. Plus...

21 mars 2018

Cryptomonnaie : le Venezuela mise sur le Petro

Le 20 février dernier, le Venezuela s’est distingué en devenant le premier État à émettre une cryptomonnaie, le petro. Cette initiative, qui apparaît comme une tentative de se financer en contournant les sanctions américaines, survient dans un contexte de crise politique, économique et sociale qui s’étend depuis plusieurs mois dans un pays acculé par sa dette. Plus...

21 mars 2018

Treasury Board Standard on Automated Decision Support Systems

Treasury Board Standard on Automated Decision Support Systems
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 2018/03/12
This early draft version of a new Treasury Board standard (the Treasury Board is part of the Government of Canada) has been posted on Google Docs and is now receiving comments from the community. More...

19 mars 2018

USC to Students: No Sharing Files

USC to Students: No Sharing Files

The gist of this short item is that students risk being expelled for a year from USC if they are caught using file trading systems such as Kaaza. More...

19 mars 2018

Knowledge Matters -- Skills and Learning for Canadians

Knowledge Matters -- Skills and Learning for Canadians
Kind of an awkwardly designed website, but if you keep at it you will find two major policy papers on this site recently released by the government of Canada. Follow the link to the 'Knowledge Matters' paper and for a quick overview, read the detailed Executive Summary. More...

19 mars 2018

Key Case in Future of School Choice

Key Case in Future of School Choice
The United States Supreme Court will hear a case tomorrow concerning an issue that is dividing educators: the question of school vouchers. Spurred by the institution of a voucher system in Cleveland, the court will hear arguments to the effect that vouchers promote school choice, and thereby, better schools. More...

19 mars 2018

How universities can arm us for the gun debate

The 1996 Dickey Amendment outlawed the use of federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds “to advocate or promote gun control”, after which CDC funding for all research pertaining to gun violence effectively disappeared. Reversing this amendment would be among the most powerful acts that Americans could take to foster effective legislative and administrative change, writes Andrew Hamilton for The Washington Post. More...
19 mars 2018

University official quits to keep gun firm board seat

By Emma Kerr, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The president of St Thomas University gave its chief financial officer an ultimatum last Tuesday: Cut ties with a gun manufacturer or resign. More...
16 mars 2018

Translating and implementing the Khan Academy in Brazil

Translating and implementing the Khan Academy in Brazil
Michael Trucano, EduTech, 2015/01/02
Fascinating look at a project to implement the Khan Academy in Brazil. The usual problems surface (19 computers for a school of 650 students, etc) but reading between the main points we also see a transformative impact. More...

16 mars 2018

Inside America's Subscription-Box Obsession

Inside America's Subscription-Box Obsession
Elizabeth Segran, Fast Company, 2015/04/08
One of the great things about the internet is that it's possible to find entire communities devoted to things you've never heard of. This article describes the phenomenon of subscription boxes: the idea is that for a set fee you receive a box every month or so with a selection of items around a theme. My Subscription Addiction lists hundreds, maybe thousands, of these, with reviews. More...

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