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Published in: HomeDemocracy education under siege and now Trump“Build the Wall! Build the Wall! BUILD THE WALL!” Update from the US professor of the philosophy of education who...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn a world of hate, fear and ‘alternative facts’, education really does matter“It cannot be right, that people can grow up and go to school and hardly ever come into meaningful contact with...
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Published in: HomeI went to a state grammar school but no they are not the answerDoes an 11 year old who has been told they have failed seem to you like someone who is really going to rally behind learning?
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Published in: HomeMelissa Benn: Is politics and policy too toxic for Dewey?UK political developments over the last twenty years have seen a growing acceptance of the idea of comprehensive...
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Published in: HomeTeaching schoolchildren in east London to discover their political voiceTwo history teachers took their 12-year-old school students through a journey of discovering the history of...
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Published in: HomeLearning in a 'movement moment'To transform our relations amongst ourselves and with our planet, we must be hell-bent on a praxis that confronts...
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Published in: HomeIn the age of Brexit and Trump, we need ‘development education’ more than everRooted in the philosophy of Paulo Freire, ‘development education’ offers a critical point of resistance to the gross...
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Published in: HomeBack to the future: the rebirth of a classical approach to democracy and education in a post-modern societyEducation – combined with technologies – seems to have triggered a sea-change in the contract between government and...
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Published in: HomeOur crisis of democracy is a crisis of educationFrom Trump to climate change, our children must be prepared for the huge challenges of this century. So why are we...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The IMF on inequality: beyond organised hypocrisy?So far, the nature of Christine Lagarde’s speeches and the discussions I had with Fund staff this week suggest that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The mystery of ‘populism’ finally unveiledThe philosopher of post-Fascism enters the populism fray with his own candidate for post-truth – Left betrayal. Czech.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe current and future challenges of Middle Eastern studiesIn the wake of Trump's victory, what are the challenges for Middle Eastern studies in the US? And what should be the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mind your languageAs Marine Le Pen calls on French citizens to renounce dual citizenship in France’s presidential election campaign,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSurviving sociology in Egypt and elsewhereStrangely, although nationalism is a pervasive social phenomenon with immense effects everywhere in the world, it’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFighting inequality in the UK has to start young“Universality is key to sustainability and to acceptability of programmes of this kind. Universal support also...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesAdhocracy helps create a future of political engagementFor us, it is already a democratic achievement if you have the possibility to participate.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesSimplicity, openness, and modifiabilityGovernments, endogamic institutions since forever, are not used to opening up. But now there’s political will for it...
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Published in: Home“No birthdays here”For the forgotten children of the refugee crisis, school brings a transient normality to life in the camps.
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Published in: HomeState surveillance is a global threat to press freedomThe state should not have the power to secretly identify then persecute whistleblowers.
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Published in: HomeWhy whistleblowers are essential to democracyIn a functioning democracy, it is absolutely crucial for power to be held to account. For this we need whistleblowers.
