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School Graduation Rates Are Deceiving. Here Are 7 Things That Would Help
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
Once again this year, President Obama hailed the nation's high school graduation rate as it reached another record high — a whopping 83 percent. "When I took office almost eight years ago, we knew that
Obama scraps policy granting residency to Cubans arriving without visas
Los Angeles Times - By Tracy Wilkinson and Christi Parsons
President Obama ordered an immediate end Thursday to the long-standing U.S. policy of granting easy residency permits to Cubans who reach U.S. shores, probably the last major foreign policy initiative
Human Rights
Israeli officials back shoot-to-kill policy of Palestinian suspects, says Human Rights Watch
independent.co.uk - Harriet Agerholm
Leading Israeli officials have been encouraging soldiers and police officers to kill Palestinians suspected of attacks regardless of whether lethal …
9 Thoughts On Visiting Cuba As An American
boardingarea.com - lucky
On Saturday I returned from a two day trip to Cuba, and boy was it interesting. I apologize for the lack of posts on Friday and Saturday, as I’ve …
North or South? What’s Behind China’s Linguistic Rivalry
The News Lens 關鍵評論網 - Matt DeButts
Close your eyes, and you can’t guess her nationality. Lu Qiyu’s English is meticulous, sculpted over years of careful study. Though it remains slightly accented, the merest hint of a twang is difficult
Why celebrate the New Year? Under President Trump, 2017 could be even worse
Salon - Conor Lynch
(Getty/Alex Wong/garymilner/Salon) December 31, 2016 5:00PM (UTC) Though 2016 has been, for many, one of the most harrowing and depressing years in recent memory — with the deaths of many beloved entertainers
Can Latin America avoid the global vortex in 2017?
The Guardian - Jonathan Watts Latin America correspondent
After a year of disaster for the left, isolation and weak strategic importance could turn out to be blessings for the region A lurch towards the political right looks set to reshape the Americas in 2017
Mexican state acts as 'mediator' in return of drug boss's kidnapped mother
The Guardian - Associated Press in Mexico City
Guerrero governor denies that state negotiated with ‘El Tequilero’ to exchange kidnapped businessman for mother taken hostage by Totolapan vigilante group A state government in southern Mexico has found
The Science Behind Why You Should Keep Reading Print Books
UPROXX - Allison Sanchez
Every time we move, my husband and I have the same argument. “Do we have to take ALL of these books?” (The answer is always a dirty scowl and a “YES!”) I have a ton of physical books that I insist on from
Learning from grief, learning from rage — progressive survival under Donald Trump will require both
Salon - Eesha Pandit
(Getty/Kena Betancur) November 26, 2016 6:00PM (UTC) These days, many things can set off the swirl of a rage-and-grief dialectic. First a new story: A 17-year-old in California named Gurnoor Singh Nahal
How to Train Your Brain to Remember Everything
corespirit.com - CORE SPIRIT
Here’s a little secret you might never have guessed: The people who can accomplish incredible mnemonic feats like memorizing the order of a shuffled …
Underground Railroad
The 50 best books for Christmas 2016
The Telegraph - By Telegraph Reporters
2016 has been a fantastic year for literature, from tales of post-punk rebellion and fish-out-of-water detectives to politically incorrect satire and secrets from the Hollywood studio system. Here our
The non-western books that every student should read
The Guardian - Sunny Singh, Monica Ali Aravind Adiga, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Bernardine Evaristo, Aminatta FornaSabrina Mahfouz, Uzma Aslam Khan, Robert Doyle
Leading authors pick international classics that should be on student’s bookshelves, but are often neglected by universities I teach it to my first years and return to the book through their degree. It
A 70-year-old mystery: Yemeni Jews say young relatives were stolen in Israel
The Washington Post - By Ruth Eglash
RAANANA, Israel — At 84 years old, Yona Yosef is full of life. Her eyes sparkle as she talks about her nine children and many grandchildren. But ask her what happened 67 years ago, when as a teenager arrived
Thieves have figured out a crafty way to break into locked iPhones after stealing them
Business Insider - Rob Price
Enterprising thieves have now figured out a way to break into stolen iPhones after they've been locked if the owner isn't careful. It requires duping the target, so it's possible to detect and block —
Bernie Sanders
Two-Thirds of Americans Support Free College Tuition
NBC News - Martha C. White
This might be an idea whose time has come: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are in favor of free college for everyone, and about three-quarters think at least some people should be eligible for free college,
Wow – “My Simple Show” Is An Extraordinary Tool For Creating Free Video “Explainers”
edublogs.org
My Simple Show lets you create free audio “explainers” – about biographies, chemical reactions, you name it. What makes it truly exceptional is the …
Democrats want ‘free’ college. It would be nice if they delivered Americans a decent high school education first.
Los Angeles Times - By Will Swaim
Republicans aren't the only ones facing disunity in their party as the general election gets fully underway. The Democratic convention in Philadelphia opens this week amid a chorus of grumbling from Bernie
Google News
How Vector Space Mathematics Reveals the Hidden Sexism in Language
MIT Technology Review - Emerging Technology from the arXiv
As neural networks tease apart the structure of language, they are finding a hidden gender bias that nobody knew was there. Back in 2013, a handful of …
Peru: Vigilantes take the law into their own hands
AlJazeera - Jurriaan van Eerten
The rondas use a system they say dates back to the Incas, but some have accused them of human rights violations. Cajamarca, Peru - First, the the young man is forced to do 30 push-ups while being whipped
The Latest: French author decries attack
apnewsarchive.com
NICE, France (AP) — The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local): 10:45 p.m. French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio is …
Illinois high school PARCC testing violated federal law, Education Department says
Chicago Tribune - Diane Rado
Illinois' move to get rid of a hodgepodge of high school PARCC exams and give a college entrance exam to 11th-graders was praised by educators who had pushed for change and felt their voices were heard.
The Only 7 Gym Machines Worth Using | HuffPost Life
HuffPost - The Huffington Post
How the Israeli government whitewashes the Gaza blockade
middleeastmonitor.com - Ben White
‘Dateline’, a show on Australian television station SBS One, broadcast a report on Tuesday night called ‘The Survivor’s Guide to Gaza’. The segment …
Helping Palestinians was an uphill battle for US aid chief
Fox News - By
next Image 1 of 3 prevnext Image 2 of 3 prev Image 3 of 3 After 11 years of helping oversee the U.S. government's aid efforts to lay the foundations for a future Palestinian state, the outgoing chief the
Want a Bigger Vocabulary? Try These 7 Mobile Apps
Inc Magazine - Minda Zetlin
Would you like a bigger vocabulary? If you're like most people, the answer is yes. Then again, if you're like most people, you don't have the free time to enroll in a course or work your way through the
8 Ways Smart People Act Stupid
HuffPost - Dr. Travis Bradberry
It's good to be smart. On the surface, being smart looks like easy living. But there's another side to the story. Intelligent people have a reputation for making dumb mistakes, especially in situations
Researchers say nearly all books follow one of these six emotional arcs
Quartz - By Ananya Bhattacharya
Ever thought two books felt nearly identical? The déjà vu isn’t in your head. Researchers from University of Vermont mapped the sentimental fluctuations of over 1,700 books. By tracing the emotional changes
UN to Israel: Stand for peace and rescind new building plans over pre-67 lines
jpost.com - Tovah Lazaroff
On Monday morning, Education Minister Naftali Bennett called on the government to annex Area C of the West Bank. > • > PM Netanyahu and Ban Ki-moon . …