On the Agenda – Week 50, 2016

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16 december 2016 | Barack Obama's education policy legacy, Brazil freeze social spending, globalised research in the age of Trump, a new ere for Earth science with Europe's Galileo satellites, solar energy changing lives in rural Africa and all eyes on Russia in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 – Education

New piece: @thenation asked me to write a first draft of history on Obama’s education policy legacy https://t.co/yTQSHndQlM pic.twitter.com/v8yHMBNJZz

— Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein) December 15, 2016

Brazil senate approves austerity package to freeze social spending for 20 years https://t.co/52Fov1W7BZ

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) December 13, 2016

The world needs a network of orgs to help countries learn from each other’s education systems, writes @wendykopp: https://t.co/a9gf1zhyhz

— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) December 8, 2016

The Trump Administration is on course to undermine science in another way: through education. https://t.co/UxZKwFFDXN pic.twitter.com/a9ofJmGEMF

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 14, 2016

Take 2 – Research

Will globalised research survive the age of #Trump? @DavidMJourno reportshttps://t.co/3RAlmpCeXo pic.twitter.com/EMPMBBkD1s

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) December 15, 2016

Europe’s #Galileo satellites herald new era for Earth science https://t.co/DY8MYBhiJX pic.twitter.com/dPlCxcMEk9

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) December 16, 2016

How solar energy is finally changing lives in rural African villages https://t.co/jHVIAnWM0L pic.twitter.com/jQK8rmRWni

— Mashable (@mashable) December 13, 2016

“Things that seem very trivial to us can actually be very complicated.” https://t.co/TyRfkAqPZy

— Fast Company (@FastCompany) December 10, 2016

Take 3 – Russia

How Russia’s playbook transformed the war in Syria https://t.co/W70MmSd1sS pic.twitter.com/CycO7fpf5T

— CNN International (@cnni) December 16, 2016

“Exxon continued to work to undermine #climate science” –@roffenheiser on #Tillerson’s leadership in @nytimes: https://t.co/5rhdlBAbWZ

— Oxfam America (@OxfamAmerica) December 13, 2016

Math, reading and… chess? The board game may soon be a mandatory subject in Russian schools https://t.co/93e6j7ZyjW

— Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) December 13, 2016

‘This is the most serious type of digital sabotage we’ve ever seen of a political system’: https://t.co/7JUsRlm1px

— Casey Michel (@cjcmichel) December 9, 2016