“In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.”
The 21st century is going to be vastly different from any previous period of time in human history. In the US, there is a movement for empowering communities and allowing its members to take control rather than depending on the government and corporations. This article discusses how the 9,000-person town of Port Townsend, Washington is doing just that.
According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 31 million people currently unemployed — that’s including those involuntarily working part-time and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. The face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of [...]
This New York Times Article provides an overview of the history of teaching in America, what challenges teachers are now facing, and new developing methods for addressing and improving the quality of education in the country. Building A Better Teacher
“One of the basic components of a functional, cooperative society is a code of law, where the laws are usually enforced by some kind of incentive. Social incentives can either be positive (rewards) or negative (punishments), and a society must decide which combination to use to achieve the greatest efficiency, or the highest level of [...]
By: Yahya Thabit In his Prison Notebooks, political theorist Antonio Gramsci details several theories in which the relationships between the state and its ruling are concerned. Through his discussions, Gramsci focuses on several institutions and social relations in order to explain the prevalent constructions in which capitalism is able to maintain and control its dominance. [...]
The television is a tremendous technological device and human accomplishment. Depending upon how it is utilized it can aid in raising awareness of events, issues, and educating its watchers. However, it can also be used as a way of misinforming, indoctrinating, and creating false realities. The following documentary exposes some of the consequences the “white [...]
Official Trailer: The Recess Ends from B-Rilla on Vimeo. This article is about a documentary named The Recess Ends which was directed and produced by Austin and Brian Chu. Here’s the preimise: they hopped into their van and traveled across the country documenting their discussions and interactions with Americans during the heart of the recession. [...]
“The Teacher Salary Project is a feature-length documentary film, interactive online resource, and national outreach campaign that delves into the core of our educational crisis as seen through the eyes and experiences of our nation’s teachers. This project is based on the New York Times bestselling book Teachers Have It Easy by journalist and teacher [...]
The following comes from John Judge and is an analysis of the design of current universities, and an idea of what an alternative university, termed “multi-versity” would entail: My idea of a “multiversity” rather than a “university” comes from my general perspective that we need to see reality through the lens of diverse and multiple paradigms [...]
