Through Ignoring The Looking-Glass
"...so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible." -- from the Down the Rabbit-Hole section of Alice's…
Education
For A Reduction of Violence on the U.S. Domestic Front
For a reduction of violence on the U.S. domestic front educators on all levels will have to do what I suggest here, or attempt to implement or embrace some…
Authentic Discussion Naming Names
"There is no intelligence in Washington. Only arrogance and hubris. The quarter century I spent there was with the most utterly stupid people on the face of the earth."…
The Rape of Nanjing, Education By The Nape Of The Neck
"Western indifference has been a problem. It continues to be a problem." -- Iris Chang to the author, 2004 On Craig's List I came across an ad which called for an Elementary…
Questions For U.S. Educators
Some of the questions below are, unquestionably, not appropriate for all grade levels. But -- certainly -- some should be addressed by the time a student secures entrance to,…
Freedom, Diversity And Representations In Universities
The present crisis of respecting the viewpoints of diverse group in the higher education system in India questions the idea of freedom.The examples such as ‘the barricading of Jawaharlal Nehru…
A Good Man’s History Lesson
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” -- William Faulkner Patrick Cockburn concludes his article Britain Refuses to Accept How Terrorists Really Work with, Contrary to conventional and governmental…
TOSCA in Tucson
"We are documenting, discussing, debating, demonstrating, diverting and delaying ourselves to death in lieu of doing something new in solidarity that stands to make a big enough difference in time."…
Cattle Being Herded In A Heat
The extraordinary achievement of Claire Simon's latest film, The Graduation, relies on its ability to capture power at work. The film documents the entire selection process that hundreds of young…
Educators Serving The Powers That Be: Results of a Recent Survey
In the months of April and May we conducted a random survey of 100 U.S. educators nationwide* -- on all levels, in public and private institutions -- and discovered that…
Higher Education In India: License To Loot
University Grants Commission (UGC) has drafted a new set of regulations/ guidelines and released it inviting feedback from public. (http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/9837591_Public-Notice-regarding-draft-Regulations-and-Guidelines.pdf ) These regulations/ guidelines are going to have profound impact…
And The Minds of Children Closed
Schools are still shills for our collective addiction to belief in technological fixes as a decent approach to addressing climate change issues. That's one reason to home school, among…
Children As Songbirds
“We live in one global environment with a huge number of ecological, economic, social, and political pressures tearing at its only dimly perceived, basically uninterpreted and uncomprehended fabric. Anyone…
Paintings Without Frames, Living Without Games
"Near Eastern religions have a propensity for building massive temples and tombs and this tradition has been emulated by Christian tendencies to construct gigantic cathedrals. Temples, churches, and synagogues separate…
Talk Bhima or Bhim, Walk Manu
..nothing to eat nothing to wear boundless is the anguish who indeed can bear to see such misery among the world’s creatures let my soul be condemned to hell…
Mourning The Death Of ‘The City Of Ideas’
There was once a city called ‘The City of Ideas’. It was known far and wide for its culture of questioning, debating, discussing, disagreeing, arguing and naturally, generating more and…
50 Reasons For Free University Education As We Bequeath The Young A Dying Planet
Education is a basic human right and all education should be free for all. However the commodification and corporatizing of higher education has meant that free university education presently…
Education: Towards Utilitarianism, Away From Egalitarianism
This year’s budget has once again been lackluster in terms of allocations made to the Education sector. The Kothari Commission recommendation of an allocation of 6% of GDP has remained…
Muslim Countries And Science Outreach: A Steep Decline And Way Forward
Science has it’s roots established as old as Islamic civilization. The institutes of scientific dissemination had been established first by muslim dominated nations as is evident from history & historical…
Thinking Is A Responsibility
We all constantly hear the lament of how our education system is in a mess. Education today is…
School Education: Looking Beyond Enrolment Figures
Universalizing education involves issues of both distributive justice and quality. While former embodies education to reach to the marginalized, later counts for education of comparable and meaningful quality. Indian school…
Need For Zero Discrimination In Education
There still exists a lack of effective monitoring mechanisms: ill-treatment, neglect (despite RTE banning discrimination); disabilities not ensured – ‘remains a distant priority among school authorities’ – not enough done…
New Education Policy 2016: Same Pizza With A Few Saffron Toppings?
Recently the contents of the New Education Policy 2016 draw the attention of many stakeholders including academicians in particular. A detailed look at the policy found to be very…
From Ecology To Education
Politics in many ways has become a bully boy gimmick. One has to read beyond headlines and think of deeper processes and consequences. One such event was the recent cabinet…
Dynamics Of Intercultural Education in Schools: A Perspective
Interculturality is a dynamic concept and refers to evolving relations between cultural groups. It has been defined as “the existence and equitable interaction of diverse cultures and the possibility of…
Tremors Of Crony Capitalism In Education
Recent decision of the MHRD to hike the fees of IITs, NITs and IISERs has once again made it clear that the paradigm of this government is to betray the…
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