One of her predecessors as first lady, Abigail Adams, wrote in 1776 in a letter to her husband, John Adams, the great revolutionary and the second president of the United States, "I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors." (...
initial teacher education and trainingTo incorporate gender issues into public policy, most nations have established women in development (WID) units in their governmental bureaucracies at some point in the last 20 years. An examination of 48 WID units in developing countries indicates that in most ...
“you wrote a book that’s banned for those under eighteen. Imagine that, who would have expected it. Is that what you studied in Pisa? Is that what they taught you at the university? I can’t believe it. In my opinion you and Lina made a secret agreement: she does nasty things an...
Myanmar has been crisis since a coup in February last year triggered protests that the military suppressed with lethal force and thousands of arrests. The junta's crackdown had multiple targets, from pro-democracy and youth groups, to activists, politicians and even celebrit...
Who started Brown v. Board of Education? Who introduced the concept of laissez-faire? Who first came up with concept of federalism? Who became head of education in Massachusetts in 1837? Who invented algebra? Who wrote "Common Sense"?
Miller seldom wrote more than a short foreword for her “Americans” catalogs. Instead she asked the artists to contribute statements, claiming that their insights “prove the best introduction.” This practice of emphasizing the artist’s perspective over her own often resulted in others failing to...
“They are the undisputed pioneers of reinforcement learning,” said Oren Etzioni, a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Washington and founding chief executive of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. “They generated the key ideas — and they wrote the book on ...
Who wrote a strong critique of behaviorism in the 1950s? Who invented the cognitive appraisal theory? What theorist first proposed the PASS theory of intelligence? Who propounded the two factor theory of intelligence? Who published Democracy and Education by John Dewey? Who developed a cognitive ...
Bill Inmon(Wikipedia/LinkedIn)is an American computer scientist, recognized by many as the father of the data warehouse. Inmon wrote the first book, held the first conference, wrote the first column in a magazine and was the first to offer classes in data warehousing. Inmon created the accepte...
Patel, who calls himself a native New Yorker, was raised Hindu by his immigrant parents, according to his book. He wrote that he grew up apolitical but became more right-wing during his time in college at the University of Richmond. This, he wrote, made his eventual public defense career...