On the Agenda – Week 8, 2017

Take 1 – Education
#China’s top colleges to face ideological inspection https://t.co/2TVOC2FG0V pic.twitter.com/APooJPsqhl
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) February 23, 2017
Has Oxford University’s philosophy, politics and economics degree produced an out-of-touch ruling class? https://t.co/moQroDKrS3
— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) February 23, 2017
#Egypt is seeking to invigorate its school system by adopting #Japanese whole child educational model @MennaFarouk91 https://t.co/Uo0oI81g1B
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) February 20, 2017
Betsy DeVos opposed the Trump administration’s undoing of transgender protections in public schools, sources say https://t.co/lyVaGuRIbs pic.twitter.com/JwwDhu9DoU
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 23, 2017
Take 2 – Research
Poland is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with as it embraces competitive international science: https://t.co/m7GFsPgp07 pic.twitter.com/EhTKW3SpRM
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 23, 2017
This is the first realistic opportunity to search for biological signs of alien life outside of the solar system https://t.co/M3Hp3AHHnx
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2017
The new head of the EPA is Scott Pruitt, a climate-change doubter https://t.co/Cr1uLPlQdd
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 21, 2017
Incubating innovation https://t.co/u2Okf7iRAS by @JohnHoldenMedia
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 21, 2017
Take 3 – India
China made the mistake of ignoring India’s high-tech talent:?Chinese state media https://t.co/kvobZLzar0 pic.twitter.com/UBS1gfC2Cx
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) February 24, 2017
Govt is working on providing quality education: @PrakashJavdekar https://t.co/AuyPme7ths
— Harsh Sanghavi (@sanghaviharsh) February 23, 2017
High Court stays CIC order allowing inspection of @smritiirani’s education record https://t.co/Muw4JD85MV pic.twitter.com/169IGVpKq6
— Times of India (@timesofindia) February 21, 2017
2-year-olds are attending coaching classes to crack school interviews. Really. https://t.co/HaM4eW3LWC pic.twitter.com/ddToI6yI8P
— HuffPost India (@HuffPostIndia) February 23, 2017
And this week on ScienceGuideEU…
What makes a good teacher? @VanDammeEDU on using knowledge in your teaching behaviour https://t.co/JcOgj48SdB
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 22, 2017
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