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...Zanzini, a furniture maker in rural Săo Paulo, managers found that even employees with a high school education could not interpret graphs or follow the manuals they needed to manufacture furniture. The company set aside a room on its shop floor to use as an impromptu classroom whenever a worker on a shift needs help. "It is common to see people who can't read or write or fill in forms," says Zanzini's human-resources director, Leandro Mangili. "They have finished secondary school, but they can't add without a calculator." The most recent study by the Organization...
...white people use the 'N' word behind the backs of black people?” He responded with an emphatic “NO!” He then proceeded to ask me how it felt to be the only black person in a classroom sometimes. From there, our conversation turned into a series of questions, back and forth, as we tried to understand one another’s lives...
...full house with a blast from the past. Actors from L.A. Theatre Works presented their rendition of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial,” adapted from the original transcripts of the 1925 trial of John Scopes, a science teacher charged with teaching evolution in the classroom. The trial was the first of its kind to be sensationalized in the media through the radio, and it was the nation’s first widespread debate on the teaching of evolution in public schools. The show took no explicit stance on the issue, but provided insight into...
...early 1990s. Once the Government department moved out of half of Littauer and into its swanky, new $140 million Center for Government and International Studies in 2005, economics faculty thought their time had finally come. A full renovation was planned that would greatly expand Littauer’s classroom space—now limited to a few tiny classrooms primarily used for department seminars—and closet-like meeting rooms. Instead of being a distant faculty office building, Littauer would have become a hub for undergraduate economics concentrators. But instead of a long-awaited overhaul, Littauer is getting some...
...like to have periods when you can focus on teaching and periods when you can focus on research.” Crawford, a professor of urban design and planning theory at the Graduate School of Design, also cited the importance of time off from the classroom. “My school only gives one semester off every six years, and this will buy me an extra semester,” said Crawford, who plans to use the time to work on a book to be titled “Rethinking Urban Space, From the Bottom...