Instructing Ideas

In November, shortly after the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump made a surprising announcement in which he publicly supported the FIRST STEP Act, the latest iteration of bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policies. In the previous Congress, the Senate was on the verge of passing similar legislati...

There has always been a problem with using the word “Reformer” to describe those who wanted to impose privatization on public education and strangle the public schools with high-stakes testing and mandates up the kazoo while deregulating the privately managed schools.

Now there is a small but growing number of former reformers who say they are not “reformers.” Robin Lake was one (she ran the Center for Reinventing Public Education for many years). Then along com...

The Ke Leuven University is inviting applications for PhD Scholarship 2018 to study in Belgium.

KU Leuven, located in Belgium, is among the top European universities, ranked as the top university in the Reuters ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, international university that performs both basic and applied research.

It is a highly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary institution focused and committed to international exc...

The Ke Leuven University is inviting applications for PhD Scholarship 2018 to study in Belgium.

KU Leuven, located in Belgium, is among the top European universities, ranked as the top university in the Reuters ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, international university that performs both basic and applied research.

It is a highly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary institution focused and committed to international exc...

The A400M Atlas touched down at the international relief centre at Balikpapan, which is the humanitarian operational hub for the affected region, at 1302 local time (0602BST).

On board were 1,280 much-needed shelter kits and 288 hygiene kits, as part of the £3 million pledged by the Department for International Development (DFID) to the relief effort. The aircraft was also carrying 3 tonnes of Indonesian supplies, in addition to the 17.5 tonnes of UK aid.

A DFID aid fligh...

"President Trump’s obsession with building a wall along the United States-Mexican border reached its apex today [Feb. 15], with his declaration of a national emergency to pre-empt an

"Baltimore lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to back new 'complete streets' legislation aimed at requiring the city's transportation department to provide more bike lanes, sidewalks and public transit options," reports Luke Broadwater.

"The legislation… is designed to pressure city planners to avoid the practice of years past when they designed a city for cars over other forms of transit," adds Broadwater.

City Councilmember Ryan Dorsey, who sponsored the legislation, mad...

The November announcement that Amazon would locate half of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens "has been greeted with euphoria among real estate brokers who have seen a sudden gold rush of int...