On the Agenda – Week 26, 2019
Take 1 –Education
School has been a right for girls in India since 2009. So why aren’t they going? https://t.co/enbzkNXJgS
— TIME (@TIME) 27 juni 2019
In our latest blog post, @SchleicherOECD gives his take on key findings from the new Teaching & Learning International Survey ????????????????
➡️ https://t.co/D3FDM8wPL9 #OECDTALIS pic.twitter.com/1JUDY8I5XI
— OECD Education (@OECDEduSkills) 25 juni 2019
Why did one of China’s elite universities need to offer big money to get the best students? – SCMP https://t.co/RlxoswrSU7
How do Chinese provinces measure up to one another in educational quality? Check out our interactive education breakdown: https://t.co/2EUjaWlul9 pic.twitter.com/ctEXSuOTg4
— ChinaPower (@ChinaPowerCSIS) 27 juni 2019
In this week’s column, I wrote about cost disease: https://t.co/c0fc3aA4Bn
— Ryan Avent (@ryanavent) 20 juni 2019
Take 2 –Research
An outpouring of women’s stories on social media alongside hashtags like #MeToo, #MiPrimerAcoso and #YoNoDenuncioPorque has prompted fierce debate about sexual harassment and assault in Mexican academia. https://t.co/6dlSKAbHSo
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 27 juni 2019
#Huawei Technologies employees worked on at least 10 research projects with #Chinese #Military personnel over the past decade, Bloomberg reported.@Huawei denies collaborating with the military. https://t.co/fiCMIn7DkX
— The Epoch Times – China Insider (@EpochTimesChina) 27 juni 2019
As research becomes more reliant on statistics, replication studies should be given more respect, prestige, and journal publications.
Otherwise, we run the risk of turning science into clickbait.https://t.co/zjceFKQil8
— Noah Smith ???? (@Noahpinion) 26 juni 2019
“If the ice sheets are gone, we are toast anyway,” a research professor says. “We will be gone way before.” https://t.co/Sw7OhWfkOp
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) 24 juni 2019
Take 3 – Titan
NASA chooses Saturn’s moon Titan as its next destination https://t.co/1e7Ig2rjuF pic.twitter.com/k0byp15eAm
— The Verge (@verge) 27 juni 2019
NASA just announced it’s next New Frontiers mission:
The Dragonfly octocopter will be going to visit Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
Huge day for astrobiology:https://t.co/YtIP8Dbw0r pic.twitter.com/e8y8WEPfPb
— daniel (@DMOberhaus) 27 juni 2019
I don’t want to make this about me but I’ll be 44 when Dragonfly reaches Titan and that is making me feel certain feels https://t.co/QminvkNxtZ
— Marina Koren (@marinakoren) 27 juni 2019
NASA is sending a drone-like rover to hunt for signs of life on a promising moon https://t.co/OwPo7QCfnD
— TIME (@TIME) 27 juni 2019
