I here offer no definitive advice on the subject of education during war. My understanding of public education is shaped primarily by my research of childhood experiences and representations in Ukraine during the collapse of the Soviet state and the aftermath of the Chornobyl disaster of 1986, as …
education
educating the new soldier in post-fascist Germany: the example of “the soldier’s everyday life” (1957)
redefining school education and the public sphere in the age of globalization
populism, public education, and a short look at the war
Little Rock, Arkansas. Hannah Arendt, Ralph Ellison and Danielle Allen on education and the public sphere
On September 4, 1957, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford set off for Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was well aware that she was not wanted there, that she was entering a world in which she should have no place. Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision Brown v. Board …
editorial: education and the public sphere
digital counter speech and reactance: critical potentials for teaching about racism
editorial: how racism works: systemic injustices and the (false) promises of education
Racism constitutes an integral part of contemporary societies. Although there are probably few people who would openly call themselves racist, discrimination and oppression against people marked as non-white or “other” in some way are still omnipresent across the globe. The struggles connected with …
taming algorithms
can solidarity be taught?
It was Aide et Action Benin who decided to launch a movement in this country in order to educate the population to donate, to show solidarity with one another, to enable a child who is lost somehow to have access to school. Because here the white person, excuse me, is still perceived as someone who …
towards a praxis of educational solidarity
expanded education and global integration: solidarity and conflict
vaccination education subordinated to campaigning
editorial: vaccination!
quality education and professional teachers
French writer Albert Camus and his mother and brother escaped war-time France and settled in Algeria. His father, who returned to France, was killed in WWI. His mother was illiterate, and the family was very poor. A teacher, Louis Germain, gave young Camus a chance. After receiving the Nobel Prize …