Category: MIL OSI
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Specialised teachers can make mainstream schools better for children with special educational needs
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Johny Daniel, Associate Professor, School of Education, Durham University PeopleImages/Shutterstock Most pupils who go through the lengthy process of being identified with dyslexia, autism or another condition end up spending the bulk of their time supported not by a trained specialist teacher but by a teaching…
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Singapore’s national identity excludes those who don’t look like a ‘regular family’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pavan Mano, Lecturer in Global Cultures, King’s College London Nationalism usually works on the basis that a nation should imagine itself as a “we”, with a common identity, history and culture. But it doesn’t always clearly say who the “we” are. Instead, it often works by…
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Acalculia: why many stroke survivors struggle with numbers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yael Benn, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University Acalculia can have a huge impact on daily life. Lightspring/ Shutterstock Numbers are all around us. In the morning, we wake up to an alarm that tells us it’s time to get out of bed. When deciding what to…
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Where does Trump’s peace plan leave the Palestinians?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. As the world waits for…
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Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University The Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2025. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Congress failed to meet an Oct. 1 deadline to adopt a spending measure and keep the federal government open, resulting in…
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The man who could lead an independent Palestine
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. As the world waits for…
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Cellphones in schools – more states are taking action to reduce student distraction without eliminating tech access
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Kui Xie, Dean of College of Education and Human Development, University of Missouri-Columbia States including Michigan and Colorado are restricting the ways students can use digital devices in school. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cellphones…
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Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on Oct. 1, 2023. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical,…
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Childhood wealth and social status can help people get leadership roles in adulthood
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Steve Granger, Assistant Professor, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle’s construction company. The other submits a dozen retail applications, hoping for a call back. Who…
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What the gut microbiome of the world’s oldest person can tell us about ageing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Woods, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Lincoln When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at the age of 117, she left more than memories. She left science a gift: samples of her microbiome. Researchers discovered her gut was as diverse as someone decades younger:…