Nussbaum on education
“Q: You argue that a successful, long-term democracy depends on a citizenry with certain qualities that can be fostered by education. Could you outline those qualities and describe how schools can...
View ArticleWide Open School, Hayward Gallery
11 June – 11 July 2012 Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX Visit their website The Hayward Gallery’s Wide Open School is an unusual experiment in public learning. Its...
View ArticleMoney, Leisure, Death – What students should know
Paula Marantz Cohen argues that one cannot live an examined life without studying the subjects of money, leisure and death. These themes, she claims, go largely unaddressed in most higher education...
View ArticleKilling curiosity
Mark Slouka’s 2009 article “Dehumanized” may now be more relevant than ever. In it he argues that the US school system is dominated by a certain way of seeing and a certain set of values – or a lack of...
View ArticleThree Asia Pacific Stories
Submitted by three photographers: Sudipto Das (India), Viet Van Tran (Vietnam) and Hansa Tangmanpoowadol (Thailand). Literacy for All (by Sudipto Das) “A young graduate girl who receives an...
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