eccentrics who become credible by virtue of being so fully realized. Her books have frequently been described as comedies of manners. That is to say, comedies that represent the complex and sophisticated code of behavior current in...
Stackable credits can offer a more flexible approach to the academic credit system. They can be used as building blocks towards a larger educational certification, such as a degree. You can earn credits by completing online courses created by credible education providers and stacking them on top ...
There are a lot of sources out there, and it can be hard to tell what’s credible and what isn’t at first glance. Evaluating source credibility is an important information literacy skill. It ensures that you collect accurate information to back up the arguments you make and the conclusions...
A large factor in this year’s fourth graders being so far behind is that Akron schools were entirely remote for a full year during the pandemic. There is no credible reason to believe that remote tutoring, with people who do not know the students or the district, will fix the problems c...
Some 58 percent of those with high school educations who reach their 50s working steadily in long-term jobs subsequently face a damaging layoff or other involuntarily separation. Yet more education provides little additional protection; 55 percent of those with college or graduate degrees expe...
esp. tuition) and so my parents came to me twice over the next couple of years with some paperwork: sign here, and you’ll get $25,000 a pop to live off of while you go to school. “Sure!” I thought. “How hard can that be? I’ll be rolling in the dough after I graduate...
It seems like a recipe for disaster and chaos, but it has produced surprisingly credible content that has been evaluated and revised by the thousands of international visitors to the site. For many, it finally realizes the original concept of World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee — an ...
Here are four sources of credible evidence: 1) Google this lecture online and watch it: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, The von Kármán Lecture Series: 2013.“Geoengineering and Climate Intervention: What We Need to Know (climate change mitigation)” Feb. 14 & 15...
While the human rights abuses at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib by the Bush administration have been exposed, documented and condemned by the world, similar abuses of Muslims in India's "war on terror" have gone largely unnoticed. There appears to be a conspiracy of silence by the world media ...