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50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History

Feb 21, 2014

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in Crime, Demography, Education, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Huff Post Business (The Motley Fool): 50 Reasons We're Living Through the Greatest Period in World History I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from…

Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? [Video]

Nov 11, 2013

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in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

BBC: Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? Be sure to click through to the article and see the 2.5 minute video. Many people don't know about the enormous progress most countries have made in recent decades – or maybe the media hasn't told them. But with the following five facts everyone…

The future of education in Africa is mobile

Aug 28, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Education, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

BBC: The future of education in Africa is mobile Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. This week, United Nation’s mobile learning specialist Steve Vosloo argues phones could be the future of education on the continent. … If mobile learning…

Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom

Dec 12, 2011

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in Education, Sociology

Creativity Research Journal: Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom (HT: Marginal Revolution) One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of…

A mother’s education has a huge effect on a child’s health

Sep 17, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Education, Health and Medicine, Poverty

Washington Post: A mother's education has a huge effect on a child's health It turns out that pencils and books for mothers may be as important as vaccines and drugs for babies in reducing child mortality in the developing world. That's because a mother's education level has a huge, if indirect, effect on the health…

The New Demography of American Motherhood

May 20, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Education, Generations, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Pew Research: The New Demography of American Motherhood Executive Summary This report examines the changing demographic characteristics of U.S. mothers by comparing women who gave birth in 2008 with those who gave birth in 1990. It is based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Census Bureau. It also presents results…

Girl Power: Females Dominate US Higher Education

Nov 13, 2008

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mwkruse

in Culture, Education, Gender and Sex, Trends: Social

Carpe Diem: Girl Power: Females Dominate US Higher Education Check out his graphs for graduate education as well.

Giving Globally: Education

Oct 9, 2008

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in Education, Gender and Sex, International Affairs, Poverty, Public Policy

Newsweek: Giving Globally – Education: It’s Not Just About the Boys. Get Girls Into School. Who wants more poor children around the world to go to school? Raise your hand. Yep, everyone's hand is up. Education is the ultimate mom-and-apple-pie (or rice-and-beans) issue. Everyone's for it. But our best efforts to get more impoverished kids…

Feb 12, 2008

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in Education, Series: Social Indicators 2007, Trends: Social

SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 Education is critical for societies with complex modern economic systems. However, measuring the quality of education over time is difficult. As the economy and society become more complex, so do the educational needs. As the rate of technology change increases, some jobs disappear, and others are created. Workers have to be more…

A world full of good news

May 14, 2007

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in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Generations, Great Divergence, Poverty, Race, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Boston.com: A world full of good news Malthus wrote just before the turn of the 19th century, when the Earth was home to some 980 million human beings. The global population today is about 6.5 billion, a sevenfold increase. If the alarmists are right, our lives should be far more impoverished, degraded, and pitiful than…

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