Wealth And Inequality

The importance of play

Play is more than just fun (TED video)

Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play (article)

Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence

The agency, President Obama, and members of Congress have all said NSA spying programs have thwarted more than 50 terrorist plots. But there’s no evidence the claim is true.

 The NSA has publicly identified four of the 54 cases.

2015 Fordham Law Review Symposium

Last week I attended this symposium on corruption at Fordham- it was fantastic!  

I would definitely recommend checking out Lawrence Lessig’s TED talk We the People, and the Republic We Must Reclaim  or my other links before viewing:

What is Corruption, How Should We Define It, and Why Is It Bad?  Panel Rick Hansen, Lawrence Lessig, and Zepher Teachout (starts at 25:00)

Preet Bharara gave the keynote 

Waiting for the Pope2

#privacy

Dow Jones asks court to unseal long-completed digital surveillance cases Tens of thousands of electronic surveillance orders are sealed from public view. via arstechnica

Federal court rules cops can warrantlessly track suspects via cellphone Geo-data received based on "reasonable grounds" phone was connected to a crime.  via arstechnica

Amendment 4 by Jeff DeMaria creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo  

Obama panel supports warrant requirement for e-mail, cloud content Congress has punted on issue for years. E-mail, cloud data to remain exposed.  via arstechnica

No worries: NSA chief says facial recognition program is totally legal "We do not do this in some unilateral basis against US citizens," NSA chief says.  via arstechnica

Study shows direct brain interface between humans

Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need for language?

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Professional Development, Collaboration and Finland

The Secret to Finland’s Success:  Educating Teachers Stanford EdPolicy

Steady Work: How Finland Is Building a Strong Teaching and Learning System [PDF]

What we can learn from Finland’s successful school reform NEA NEA

Professional development: what can Brits learn from schools abroad? The Guardian