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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

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Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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Harnessing the power of music to improve mental health

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Professor Gilles Comeau , from the University of Ottawa in Canada, hopes to change this. The Human Rights Act emphasises the need to provide equal opportunities for engagement in the arts,” says Gilles. Bringing music to these vulnerable populations can help overcome feelings of exclusion and isolation.”

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Cyber security for the AI age

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Burcu believes that it is vital for tomorrow’s cyber security professionals to understand not only the technical side of the challenge, but also human behaviour and social sciences. Today’s sophisticated attacks cannot be addressed with a one-dimensional approach.”

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets.

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What’s Wrong With STEM Education: How to Address the Problems

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Quality of STEM Education in Schools. Many college professors mention that their students were not taught how to think, and the students memorized all through high school. There are social sciences and understanding the people’s needs and wants to give the masses exactly what they need at the moment.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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The ability to travel to reach educational or employment opportunities is essential for ensuring social equality. We might not always be aware of it, but efficient transport structures and services are vital for social inclusion. Most people need to travel to school or to work, or to go to the shops or the doctors.

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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This is a practice that an international network of scholars, including Professor Eithne Quinn from the University of Manchester in the UK, has found to be structurally racist. Many young people face discrimination and a lack of opportunities, a situation that is all too common in one of Europe’s least equal societies. Pinterest.