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Colossal Academy’s Shiren Rattigan on Microschools and School Choice
/in Featured, Learning Curve, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Charlie Chieppo and Kendra Espinoza interview Shiren Rattigan of Colossal Academy, a microschool in Florida. They discuss how Shiren became interested in K-12 education and how and why the COVID-19 pandemic led to her founding a microschool.
Trump’s Trial’s Tribulations: Legal Merits of Four Federal Felony Fraud Indictments
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with legal scholar and George Mason University professor Ilya Somin about the legal merits of the federal indictments against former President Donald Trump and what is likely to come next in the legal proceedings against him and other defendants in the cases involving the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.
U.K. Cambridge’s Prof. David Abulafia on Oceans, Seas, & Global Trade
/in Featured, Learning Curve, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, Professor David Abulafia from Cambridge University discusses the many roles of the world’s oceans in human history and trade. He focuses on how the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, along with the Mediterranean Sea, have spurred the rise of civilizations. He concludes with a reading from his book The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans.
The Rise of the Grievance Essay?
/in Blog: Education /by Jude IredellIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision that racial discrimination in college admissions is unconstitutional, Harvard and other elite colleges and universities have adopted new essay prompts that openly invite applicants to air identity-based grievances in hopes of aiding their admissions chances.
Black Box Budget: Late, Loaded, and Lacking Transparency
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute’s Senior Fellow in Economic Opportunity Eileen McAnneny about the features and flaws of the recently passed 2024 Massachusetts state budget now waiting for Governor Healey’s approval.