On the Agenda – Week 08, 2014

Take 1 – Teaching and Schools
@_ericlarson: Coding the Curriculum: How High Schools Are Reprogramming Their Classes
@GuardianEducation: The teaching profession: an Orwellian dystopia?
@GatesFoundation: FACT: 98% of teachers say teaching is more than a profession. More data here
Take 2 – Space
@bigthink: Exactly how big is the universe?
@NASAKepler discovers 715 new planets orbiting 305 stars in multi-planet solar systems
@SRKUniverse: NASA launched the satellite that Shah Rukh Khan’s character was working on in the movie Swades launched today after 10 year
Take 3 – Elites
@Yojanasharma: Shoring up elites – Is it morally wrong to give money to Harvard?
@LSEpoliticsblog: Narcissistic elites are undermining the institutions created to promote public interest
@Bdutt: The class and cultural divide that has kept India’s elites at a safe distance from change is about to come crashing down.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Plos One gets even more open, all data should be accessible. “Without access to data, articles are of limited use.”
@ScienceGuideEU: PISA will expand into Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Governments feel proud to participate, the OECD observes
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