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Pop culture has a place in the classroom; popular trends like hip hop help to foster interest and ignite conversations in education.
Howard Bloom’s Big Questions: From Rock and Roll to the Origins of Everything
A rock concert might seem an unlikely place to investigate human evolution. But think about what happens when the lights go down. Thousands of strangers turn toward the same stage. They sing the same words, move to the same rhythm, and briefly feel part of something larger than themselves.
By Marquee Current Entertainment News2 days ago in Education
Reflections on Beijing+30: Nigerian Women’s Progress, Gender Equality, and the Barriers That Remain
In early last year, it was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Nigerian women’s progress in education, politics, agriculture, and entrepreneurship remains paired with persistent barriers. Dauda Lawal, Governor of Zamfara State, in 2025 reflects on resilience, historical women leaders, expanded opportunities, and continuing inequalities, urging renewed attention to gender equality, economic inclusion, education, and women’s empowerment across Nigeria today nationwide.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen18 days ago in Education
The Relational Ontology of Personhood. AI-Generated.
Core Thesis Reality is intelligible through ordered relation. To identify anything as a determinate thing is to locate it within distinctions, boundaries, conditions, and modes of relation that make it the kind of thing it is. A thing is not understood merely by naming that it exists. It is understood by asking what it is, where it exists, when it exists, how it exists, what relations make that mode of existence possible, and whether its mode of being rises to the level of personhood.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Education
When a Classroom Becomes a Future: Andreas Szakacs and a Journey to Understand Education in Somalia
A classroom can look like an ordinary place. A few desks. A blackboard. Books stacked in a corner. Students sitting together, waiting for a lesson to begin.
By Andreas szakacsabout a month ago in Education
Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education
Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education A documentary journey exploring education, resilience, and the dreams of children growing up against extraordinary challenges.
By Andreas szakacs2 months ago in Education
Oprah's Academy is Shutting its Door...And I am NOT Surprised. Content Warning.
Oprah Winfrey's Academy is closing its doors this year. Oprah announced that 2027 would be the year the academy shut down after 20 years. The Academy was founded in 2007 in South Africa for young girls ages 12 to 17. The academy had a 52-acre campus with buildings that include classrooms, science laboratories, a library, a theater/auditorium, dormitories, sports facilities, and other student resources. The academy had its praises and controversy, which didn't surprise me, that it is shutting down. Here's the story why....
By Gladys W. Muturi2 months ago in Education
When Majors Work Together Life Long Foundation Battles Are Won
Entering the catholic influenced academic theatrical hall, directed to molding students mature social skills by playfully working out issues portraying fictional characters, Kelly discovered the warm south Florida sunshine enhancing her post summer northern skin glow.
By Marc OBrien2 months ago in Education
The Boy Who Carried Light
In a small village surrounded by dry mountains and dusty roads, there lived a boy named Zahir. The village had no electricity most nights, and when the sun disappeared behind the hills, darkness took over everything—homes, streets, and even dreams.
By Behind the Curtain4 months ago in Education
Dave Farina of Professor Dave Explains: Science Communication Against Pseudoscience
Dave Farina as Public Science Communicator After Science Teacher Dave Farina is a science communicator, educator, author, and YouTuber best known for the channel Professor Dave Explains. Dave Farina is a science communicator, educator, author, and YouTube creator best known for the channel Professor Dave Explains. It is not a formal title, but a persona. Farina earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Carleton University and a master of Arts in Science Education from California State University, Northridge. In a prior professional role, before working in online critical thinking and science education content, he taught at the high school and undergraduate levels, especially in chemistry.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen4 months ago in Education
The Last Letter from Grandma
Emma Parker never imagined that a single letter could change her life. At twenty-six years old, she was living in the city, working long hours as a marketing executive, and struggling to keep up with the demands of adulthood. Life seemed to move so fast that she barely had time to breathe.
By Sudais Khan4 months ago in Education
