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What is Chainlink (LINK), and is it a good investment for traders?

What is Chainlink (LINK), and is it a good investment for traders?

You may be wondering: What is Chainlink crypto? This decentralized blockchain-secured smart contract integrates real-world data with smart contracts. What are the benefits and risks of investing in this new asset class? Is it a good investment for you? And what is its tax treatment? This article answers these questions and more. Continue reading to […] … learn more→

What Is crypto insurance, and how does it work?

What Is crypto insurance, and how does it work?

Understanding how crypto-insurance works helps to understand the terms “Crypto” and “insurance.” Moreover, it is essential to know how insurance policies are governed, including Exchanges, Underwriting, Claims, and more. Read on to learn more about the ins and outs of this unique type of insurance. After all, you can’t invest in crypto without insurance. However, […] … learn more→

Prejudices that mark foreigners educated in Spain

Prejudices that mark foreigners educated in Spain

According to the National Institute of Statistics, the population of foreigners in Spain in 2021 amounted to more than 5 million people . This figure includes the 848,513 schoolchildren enrolled in non-university education during the 2020-2021 academic year, as confirmed by data from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. All these immigrant schoolchildren, are they academically successful? The number of […] … learn more→

Speak to teach, it can be learned

Speak to teach, it can be learned

The oral is more and more valued, whether with the vogue of eloquence competitions, the proliferation of popularization accounts on YouTube or the creation of a large oral at the baccalaureate. The speaker is expected to speak correctly, with an appropriate syntax, audibly, articulating and that his words interest the listeners. But before being able to express […] … learn more→

Public education is supposed to prepare an informed citizenry – elementary teachers have just two hours a week to teach social studies

Public education is supposed to prepare an informed citizenry – elementary teachers have just two hours a week to teach social studies

The founders of the United States were intentionally building a nation based on the ideals of the Enlightenment, a movement centered on individual happiness, knowledge and reason. This new approach to defining a country – rather than basing it on language, ethnicity or geographic proximity – meant the new United States would have to educate its citizenry with […] … learn more→

More maths testing could be good for primary schoolchildren – if done in the right way

More maths testing could be good for primary schoolchildren – if done in the right way

Recently published UK government plans proposed that by 2030, 90% of children leaving primary school in England should reach the expected standards in reading, writing and maths, compared with 65% in 2019. As part of efforts to achieve this, the government is introducing more testing. In June 2022, year four pupils (aged eight to nine) must take […] … learn more→

Studying discrimination in higher education in France: what are the challenges?

Studying discrimination in higher education in France: what are the challenges?

The field of higher education and research (ESR) in France is now beginning to be well analyzed from the angle of social inequalities and their evolution in general. It is noticeably less so from the standpoint of discrimination – an issue that is the subject of ambiguous institutional recognition, and a scientific evaluation that is still […] … learn more→

Everyday annotation

Everyday annotation

Last week I stumbled across the book Annotation, written by Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia. As the title suggests, the book is all about the history and practices of annotating texts. And probably because the book is from the MIT Press, the authors don’t stop at books and papers – they also tackle how digital technologies […] … learn more→

US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort

US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort

Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court’s declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved. American society continues to grow more racially and ethnically diverse. But many of the nation’s public K-12 schools are not well integrated and are instead predominantly attended by students of […] … learn more→

What outdoor games bring to children

What outdoor games bring to children

Outdoor games are renowned for their significant educational benefits . By encouraging children to take on challenges and make decisions together, they help them develop technical, intellectual and social skills. In this category of activities, there are different forms of orienteering , the use of a climbing wall or cycle routes, as well as team activities, with problems to be […] … learn more→