School Graduation Rates Are Deceiving. Here Are 7 Things That Would HelpNPR - Anya KamenetzOnce 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 visasLos Angeles TimesPresident 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
Israeli officials back shoot-to-kill policy of Palestinian suspects, says Human Rights Watchindependent.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 | One Mile at a Timeboardingarea.com - Ben (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 RivalryThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - Matt DeButtsClose 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 worseSalon - Conor LynchThough 2016 has been, for many, one of the most harrowing and depressing years in recent memory — with the deaths of many beloved entertainers and artists, the rise of far-right populism throughout the
Can Latin America avoid the global vortex in 2017?The Guardian - Jonathan Watts Latin America correspondentAfter 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 motherThe Guardian - Associated Press in Mexico CityGuerrero 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 BooksUPROXX - Allison SanchezEvery 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
Donald Trump Learning from grief, learning from rage — progressive survival under Donald Trump will require bothSalon - Eesha PanditLearning from grief, learning from rage — progressive survival under Donald Trump will require both These days, many things can set off the swirl of a rage-and-grief dialectic. First a new story: A 17-year-old
Icon version of the Flipboard logo How to Train Your Brain to Remember Everythingcorespirit.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 …
The 50 best books for Christmas 2016The Telegraph - By Telegraph Reporters2016 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 readThe Guardian - Sunny Singh, Monica Ali Aravind Adiga, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Bernardine Evaristo, Aminatta FornaSabrina Mahfouz, Uzma Aslam Khan, Robert DoyleLeading 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
Israel A 70-year-old mystery: Yemeni Jews say young relatives were stolen in IsraelThe Washington Post - By Ruth EglashRAANANA, 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 themBusiness Insider - Rob Price, Business Insider UKEnterprising 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 —
Two-Thirds of Americans Support Free College TuitionNBC News - Martha C. WhiteThis 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 …
High SchoolOpinion: Democrats want ‘free’ college. It would be nice if they delivered Americans a decent high school educationLos Angeles TimesRepublicans 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
Gender How Vector Space Mathematics Reveals the Hidden Sexism in LanguageMIT 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 handsAl Jazeera - Jurriaan van EertenThe 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 attackapnewsarchive.com NICE, France (AP) — The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local): French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio is decrying the …
Illinois high school PARCC testing violated federal law, Education Department saysChicago Tribune - By Diane RadoIllinois' 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 Usinghuffingtonpost.com - Greatist Despite the fact that kettlebells and bodyweight workouts might win the gym popularity contest right now, fitness pros agree: Not only are exercise …
How the Israeli government whitewashes the Gaza blockademiddleeastmonitor.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 chiefFox News - ByJERUSALEM – 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 of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Vocabulary 7 Mobile Apps That Will Dramatically Increase Your VocabularyInc Magazine - Minda ZetlinThese apps will grow your vocabulary in a minute or two a day. And they're fun. Would you like a bigger vocabulary? If you're like most people, the answer is yes. Then again, if you're like most people,
8 Ways Smart People Act Stupidhuffingtonpost.com - HuffPost 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 …
Kurt Vonnegut Researchers say nearly all books follow one of these six emotional arcsQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaEver 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 linesjpost.com - Tovah Lazaroff On Monday morning, Education Minister Naftali Bennett called on the government to annex Area C of the West Bank. Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more …
