Can we advocate modesty in a society dominated by competition? Triumphant neoliberalism favors performance. To be successful, you have to be more efficient than others. And social networks, on which young people are so present, encourage a lot of self-staging. How could education, in such a context, propose to value modesty? By advocating modesty, aren’t we condemning those we […] … learn more→

Gap talk. You know, the “this research fills a gap in the literature” line. Most of us have made this statement at some point in our academic life. It’s the most common starter for journal papers, proposals and theses, according to genre researchers. They’ve identified three moves in the game of what they call CARS, Create a […] … learn more→

For acclaimed actor Phylicia Rashad, July 1, 2021 was the official first day on the job as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. But some hoped it would also be her last. The day before, Rashad had sent out a controversial Tweet in support of her onetime “TV husband,” Bill Cosby, after a court overturned his […] … learn more→

In recent years, Australian academics have been accused of many forms of wrongful expression including racism, transphobia and anti-Semitism. Earlier this year an African-Australian researcher’s paper was accused of being racist. The research found the over-representation in crime statistics of Sudanese-born young people is not due to racial profiling. More recently a queer political action group […] … learn more→

Two Black students – Ikeria Washington and Layla Temple – were named valedictorian and salutatorian at West Point High School in Mississippi in 2021. Shortly afterward, two white parents  questioned whether school officials had correctly calculated the top academic honors. Ultimately, the school superintendent named two white students as “co-valedictorian” and “co-salutatorian” on the day of graduation. High […] … learn more→

Minors interact with technology at an increasingly early age, which raises concerns about protecting their privacy, security and confidentiality in the digital environment. Despite the fact that in recent years laws have been passed, incorporating specific articles into existing legislation, and creating rules to regulate cookies and illegal advertising, many adults do not know what rules there […] … learn more→

Bitcoin is the first, the most popular and expensive cryptocurrency. It has the unofficial status of “cryptogold”. For the first few years, all new currencies were based on the Bitcoin blockchain. The cryptocurrency is constantly falling and rising so that you can play and win, play and lose, but you need to understand that this […] … learn more→

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana sent a letter to fellow Republicans on June 24, 2021, stating: “As Republicans, we reject the racial essentialism that critical race theory teaches … that our institutions are racist and need to be destroyed from the ground up.” Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor and central figure in the development of critical […] … learn more→

A report from Human Rights Watch released yesterday found students and academics critical of China’s Communist Party are being harassed and intimidated by supporters of Beijing. Human Rights Watch interviewed 24 pro-democracy students from mainland China and Hong Kong, and 22 academics at Australian universities. In three verified cases, families of students in Australia who lived in […] … learn more→

The mandatory use of the mask was published in the BOE in May 2020, three months after declaring the start of the pandemic caused by Covid-19. It also included children from 6 years of age, and was recommended for the little ones. This imposition was maintained at the beginning of the school year, although the safety […] … learn more→