Around the World in 30 Days: November 2016
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Americans chose to elect a billionaire businessman, an outsider with no government experience, over Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the establishment. What economic and social forces might have prompted this upset in the US Election 2016? And what might we imagine are the implications of these pressures? Additionally, what did we all learn about the virtues – Truth, Beauty and...
The Global Search for Education: The Millennial Bloggers – What Next After Brexit and the US Election?
The U.K. citizens’ surprising approval of the Brexit referendum last June and the even more surprising U.S. election of Donald Trump as president on November 8 shook the world. Americans chose to elect a billionaire businessman, an outsider with no government experience, over Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the establishment. What economic and social forces might have prompted this upset? And what might we imagine are the...
Around the World in 30 Days: October 2016
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report What can we learn from the best teaching and learning practices of mathematics around the world? Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States and why is her story still relevant today? While more and more young people achieve higher education degrees, youth unemployment continues to rise – so what are we going to do about it? There is a new House of Books in Kabul...
The Global Search for Education: Mrs. President
“I am struck by the similar epithets that are hurled at Hillary Clinton to those that Woodhull was branded with. She was reviled and called ‘Mrs. Satan.’ They wanted to have her jailed and accused her of being dishonest and a threat to decent society.” — Victoria Bond In an aria from the new opera Mrs. President, Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States, sings,...
Can Donald Trump Pass the Science Test?
“The Trump game demonstrates that scientific ignorance is our biggest problem in regards to the future the world.” – Olli Rundgren According to a MIT report, at least 216 million Americans are scientifically illiterate. A company based in Finland (known for one of the leading education systems in the world) believes that the figure may also include the presidential candidate, Mr. Donald J. Trump. Psyon Games,...
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